Restaurateurs, Mehdi /Susan Rouhani, and Bob Candice proudly announce their achievements. Talayna's Italian Restaurant was founded in 1964 by the previous owner and has been owned and managed by Mehi and Susan Rouhani for the past 30 years. They are known for their Pizza and Italian cuisines. Additionally, they offer catering, banquet faci...
READ MOREby Debbie Monolo Finally, spring is in the air and from our vantage point across the street from St. Ambrose Church, we can also confirm that love is in the air. A symbol of tradition and an anchor for local Italian Americans, this beautiful church is a popular place to tie the knot for St. Louisans of Italian descent. The an...
READ MOREThe Italian American Heritage Corporation is one of the oldest Italian American organization in the United States. It was organized on November 11, 1866 and was incorporated on December 6, 1866 it is composed of many St. Louis Italian-American Organizations, who joined together a number of years ago to ensure that there will always be a Columbus Da...
READ MOREEsce in questi giorni il nuovo numero di "It@lico", organo di informazione dell'associazione "Italiano per piacere", coordinata da Franco Giannotti. Il numero, spiega Giannotti, inizia con la relazione dell'ultima riunione dedicata a Baldo Gandolfo. Segue la storia di Salemi, a cura di Marcello Delli Zotti, mentre Anna Di Palma Amelung continua, i...
READ MOREThe northwest corner of Grand and Washington in Grand Center hasn't been kind to restaurants: Duke's Restaurant, Wm. Shakespeare's Gastropub, and the recently shuttered Dooley's Beef N Brew House (above) have all occupied the space in recent years. If there's an event at Grand Center, nearby restaurants see action (mainly pre-show), but wh...
READ MOREDue missioni in aprile per il funzionario itinerante del Consolato generale d'Italia a Chicago che nei prossimi giorni si recherà in Missouri e Minnesota per raccogliere le impronte digitali dei connazionali che hanno bisogno di rinnovare il passaporto. Il funzionario sarà il 9 e 10 aprile a St Louis mentre il 23 e 24 aprile a Minneapolis....
READ MOREby Hillary Dixler The future really is upscale chains, and the next chef stepping into the ring is Gerard Craft, the beloved St. Louis chef/owner of Niche, Pastaria, Brasserie by Niche, and Taste. One of the most anticipated fast-casual concepts of the season, Craft's Porano Pasta offers up customizable bowls of pasta, farro, rice, or sala...
READ MOREThe term “Little Italy” can evoke images of busy streets lined with gimmicky, tourist-filled restaurants, complete with menu-pushing waiters outside the front door and Italian flags waving wherever possible. Throw in a paper placemat that doubles as a map of the boot-shaped country (featuring multiple comical misspellings) and you know the types of...
READ MOREIt is snowing outside and the temperature has plunged well below freezing. Nearly one hundred people have come to the St Louis County library – the latest stop on the promotional tour for my book on the Italians. St Louis has a substantial Italian American community, traditionally concentrated in a part of the city known as The Hill. &nbs...
READ MOREWhich should be exciting news for those unaware we even had an annual Italian Film Festival here in St. Louis. We do, and it's been going on for ten years now. It's not well-promoted in general but it must be in the local Italian community because I've attended on the past and they always draw huge crowds (the free admission probably doesn't hurt)....
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