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Bristol is a long way from the Mediterranean Sea, and such nations as Italy and Greece that are along its shores. But eight years ago, Mo Elfredo decided to help bridge the gap, as least when it comes to cuisine, by opening his Alfredo’s Mediterranean and Italian Family Restaurant at 812 Commonwealth Ave. in Bristol, Virginia. There, diners can fin...

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Sam and Louie's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria celebrated their second anniversary in downtown Sterling this spring. The popular eatery became the first Sam and Louie's in Colorado, opening on May 16, 2016 thanks to the hard work of owners Mike and Denise Schaefer. The couple first heard about the pizza franchise through the Logan County Economic De...

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IN JULY, the Italian Navy tall ship Amerigo Vespucci — a three-mast, 331-foot school ship built in 1931 — left Italy and ventured on the long journey to the United States and Canada. A year later, the Italian Navy FREMM-class frigate Alpino, built by Fincantieri with state-of-the-art technologies, is engaged in a U.S. campaign tour and is moored in...

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Today, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, visited the Italian Navy’s class FREMM frigate in Norfolk, on the occasion of her first US campaign. Norfolk, where the US Naval Station and the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) of NATO are headquartered, is the first stop of her US itinerary and will be followed by Baltimo...

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Half a year after the closure of European transplant Carluccio’s, there’s a new bustle of activity down on the 100 block of King Street. The smells of Italian food waft through the door anew, thanks in large part to the showpiece pizza oven now taking up residence near the restaurant’s entrance, adjacent to a eat-in counter where several patrons ar...

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Tavola offers an Italian dining experience through a local lens in Charlottesville, Va. Chefs Dylan Allwood and Michael Keaveny source ingredients from nearby farms and purveyors, listed on the menu. Dishes include house-made pasta with a Bolognese sauce of local beef and pork, and pan-roasted sea scallops with beet-leek risotto. Wine director Pris...

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Garlic knots fresh out of the oven are served with a side of homemade marinara sauce. Bruschetta follows, also complimentary, made with a thin slice of mozzarella between toasted bread and garlic- and olive oil-seasoned tomatoes. This is how Salvatore’s Pizzeria & Italian Ristorante welcomes diners. It was a weekday during the slow hours between lu...

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Power couple Fabio and Maria Trabocchi, the restaurateurs behind Michelin-starred Fiola, seafood-centric Fiola Mare, and Spanish-style Del Mar, plan to open a second Sfoglina in Rosslyn later this year, reports the Washington Business Journal. The 4,500-square-foot Italian restaurant, destined for the base of the 1100 Wilson Boulevard office tower,...

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Nino Pino wants you to know that after three years of being slightly off the beaten path on the outskirts of the Village at Shirlington, his Osteria da Nino is doing very well. “People are finding us, people have welcomed us to the neighborhood,” he said. The location at 2900 S. Quincy Street is in the office building behind the Post Office and nea...

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One of the things we appreciate most, here at We the Italians, is the commitment many Italian Americans show all over the US to celebrate and remember the history and the presence of their fellow Italians who emigrated to the US. Oftentimes this passion is shown by organizing events and writing books, but many of them wanted and still want to estab...

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