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Sebastiano "Yano" Falcone worked hard to build a strong base for his family in his new home in Omaha, but he always held on to his Sicilian roots. Falcone was a lifelong member of the Santa Lucia Festival Committee, serving from 1946 until his death Sunday. He was 90.   Read more   Source: http://www.omaha.com    

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Mike and Elynn Malone first tried Rita's Italian Ice last year when they were visiting their daughter, who's attending college in Wichita, Kansas.   The Crete couple were so taken with the company, which sells treats ranging from snow cones to frozen custard, that they decided to become franchisees and bring it to Nebraska.   Read mor...

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There simply aren't very many medieval manuscripts in Nebraska. But we're going to stay on I-80 until we find them all. The 1938 de Ricci Census lists only four manuscripts in a single public collection in Nebraska, the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.   Those manuscripts still belong to the university: two books of hours, a theological mi...

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By Sarah Baker Hansen   The Caniglia name, long synonymous with Omaha Italian food, will soon vanish from its final Italian restaurant marquee. Caniglia's Venice Inn, the steakhouse that opened in 1957, is shuttering its doors in May.   Once the Ak-Sar-Ben-area restaurant serves its last plate of mostaccioli on May 3, no Caniglia...

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by Camila Orti   Omaha Fire Department officials estimate a fire caused around $250,000 in damage to an iconic neighborhood landmark. Crews responded to a two-alarm building fire Friday afternoon at the Sons of Italy Hall near 11th and William streets. Officials said the structure caught fire around 2:25 p.m. A second-alarm was cal...

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Today, following the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Frances Cabrini, the downtown-area parish will host a time-honored event: The Spaghetti Dinner. It is a massive feast that has taken weeks to prepare, ungodly quantities of ingredients and lots of volunteers. It will feed several thousand Omahans who will line up for takeout or will dine in, with table serv...

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Paul Scalise immigrated to Omaha in 1940 on the last civilian ocean liner to leave Italy before World War II broke out. He was only 17. His father — a U.S. citizen who had returned to Italy — sent Paul here so he wouldn't be forced to join Mussolini's army. Instead, Scalise was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Forces, which fueled a lifelong de...

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By Jory Schweers   Indian Creek Mall in Beatrice will soon have a new restaurant. Sam and Louie's New York Pizzeria has been sold and will transition into a new Italian eatery in the near future. Florio's Italian Restaurant and Grille will replace the Sam and Louie's franchise.   More than a year ago, the original owner of S...

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by Anna Spiegel   Washington is about to receive a wave of new tasting rooms from ambitious young chefs, including Aaron Silverman's fine dining concept near Rose's Luxury, and part of Eric Ziebold's upcoming restaurant, Kinship. First in line: Masseria, a haute Italian spot from former Bibiana toque Nick Stefanelli.   The 47-seat din...

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By Michael Kelly More than 90 years after its founding, the Sons of Italy club in Omaha has elected as president its first "daughter."   Sarita L. "Sarah" Ruma, a mental health therapist at Children's Hospital & Medical Center, will be sworn in Dec. 14 as the first woman to lead the local Cristoforo Colombo Lodge.   Read more &n...

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