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THE ROW welcomes the Great Italian Festival back to downtown Reno Oct. 8 – 9. For the 40th year, guests may experience Italy’s flavors, sounds and style right in the heart of The Biggest Little City guests celebrating Italian culture, traditions and authentic cuisine. The fun-filled weekend will feature homemade Italian food, live entertainment, ar...

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A local family is taking over a longstanding Reno bakery and transforming it into an authentic Italian café experience. On Friday, the Iturriaga family will open Dolce Caffe in the place of Franz's Backstube Austrian Bakery at 3882 Mayberry Drive in Reno, NV, which the family acquired earlier this month.  The Iturriaga team includes father Claudio,...

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Tucked in a quiet corner, Amari manages to feel like a secret even though it's located on one of Midtown's busiest stretches. Next door to the local favourite speakeasy-style Death & Taxes, Amari is an Italian cocktail bar serving up signature sips, wine and inspired by Italian beverages. Inside, Amari is dim and sexy, an ideal, chandelier-lit spot...

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Do you love ravioli, fettucine, spaghetti and all things Italian?! The annual Great Italian Festival is turning downtown Reno into little Italy for the weekend. The festival, hosted by the ROW, is a celebration of Italian culture and traditions which includes live entertainment, a sauce cooking contest and of course a lot of pasta. If you are inter...

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Everyone’s Italian when THE ROW brings the Great Italian Festival back to downtown Reno this October. For the 39th year, experience the flavors, sounds and style of Italy right in the heart of The Biggest Little City during the Great Italian Festival from Oct. 9-10. Experience a festival unlike any other, as guests celebrate the Italian culture, tr...

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A new Paolo’s Italian Deli is now open on Moana Lane in Reno. “It really is a dream come true,” said owner Jason Winters. Winters spent his youth working in the old Paolo’s Deli back in the early to mid-90′s.“I was peeling olives and rolling pasta and just fell in love with the family business,” added Winters. A family that not only owned the old P...

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About six weeks ago, Reno welcomed a new Italian restaurant to its Lakeside neighborhood. Tucked into a shopping center at 6135 Lakeside Drive, #138, the eatery boasts a simple menu of pastas, sauces, soups, salads and desserts. I know we all like to use the word authentic when describing international cuisine, but the word truly fits at Past…

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Allow me, if you will, some brief autobiography. Back in the day, an eager new publicist at the Eldorado Resort Casino, now part of the Row, offered to share the secret recipe for the property's famous mushroom ravioli. Scoop! A few minutes later, the late Don Carano, the casino patriarch, called to genially rescind the offer. Typically, the big ka...

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Prominent cancer researcher Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD, has joined the Desert Research Institute and Renown Health, both based in Reno, Nev., the organizations announced May 18. Dr. Pandolfi will serve as a faculty member of the Renown Institute of Health Innovation — a collaboration between Renown Health and Desert Research Institute — and as di...

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Around the turn of the 19th Century, 26 of the 27 ranches on the Carson River between Dayton and Weeks (south of Silver Springs) were owned by Italians. Many of these hardworking Italian immigrants had first been attracted to the silver and gold strikes and they settled in the upper Comstock towns. One such family, the Pedroli/Quilici family settle...

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