DeNuzzo’s Italian Deli, located in Bridgeport, held a soft opening on Sept. 14 and its ribbon cutting five days after. Dylan and Alexis DeNuzzo, husband and wife and co-owners, thought up the idea of bringing the Italian Deli to the city of Bridgeport because they felt it would be a great addition to the town they both love. Dylan DeNuzzo mentioned...

What’s on the dinner menu in your house this week? Here’s a helpful piece of advice, in case you’re looking to fill it up with something special and different: it’s always a good week to add in a meal at one of the oldest and best restaurants in West Virginia, Leonoro’s Restaurant in Charleston, West Virginia. Welcome to Leonoro's Spaghetti House,...

The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival held a celebration at the Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center Tuesday evening. Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Italian Heritage Festival has been waiting for two years to hold an in-person festival and celebrate with friends and family.  Six honorees were celebrated during the ceremony, including...

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival is returning to Clarksburg. On Wednesday, the Harrison County Commission granted festival organizers $3,000 in funding. County Commissioner David Hinkle says the festival is not only a staple for Clarksburg but for West Virginia and beyond. “It’s a very impo...

The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center is excited to announce that the hilarious one-woman off-Broadway comedy “Italian Bred,” starring Candice Guardino, is coming to downtown Clarksburg on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at the historic Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, located at 444 W. Pike St. in Clarksburg. Writer, actress, and storyteller...

Minard’s Spaghetti Inn in Clarksburg, West Virginia – if you’ve never eaten here, you need to fix that ASAP! As the region’s oldest and best authentic Italian restaurant, this longstanding favorite is a West Virginia culinary masterpiece that stands head and shoulders above the pack in terms of taste, service, reputation, and longevity! Way back in...

When the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival opens this weekend, one of its most popular booths will feature the Bellaire Sons of Italy sausage sandwiches. The link sausages are grilled to perfection and topped with caramelized onions and peppers, served on a soft bun.  But the work that goes into the sausages starts weeks ahead, and...

It has been described as “the granddaddy of Italian Festivals” in all of America, and is certainly the biggest Italian Heritage Festival in West Virginia. In Wheeling, people are anxiously awaiting the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival, but what many do not realize is the amount of tourism this festival brings to the Friendly City....

It’s one of the tastiest traditions in the Ohio Valley. The Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival starts July 29. One special part of the festival that had gone away for a while will be back. Festival Board Member Bob Triveri says everybody asks him if Little Italy is coming back. This year, he’s happy to say yes. It won’t be in its fo...

Sirianni’s was established in June 1988 in a Davis, W.Va., shop located in a century-old steamship office. This office made travel arrangements for the many immigrants who came to this area for work during the coal and timber booms of the late 1890s and early 1900s. The restaurant’s name is that of ancestors of Sandra Goss, Walt Ranalli and Michael...