Una Pizza Napoletana Closing In San Francisco And Moving To New York
The wildly popular Una Pizza Napoletana (210 11th St.) is set to close in late November or early December. In operation 4 days a week in SOMA since 2010, Anthony Mangieri makes his award-winning pizza’s in San Francisco with dough made using a special three-day process, unrefrigerated and naturally leavened, in a single room attached to an old auto...
Orchard Street Masquerades as 1970s Little Italy for Netflix ‘Irishman’ Film Shoot
The quintessential Lower East Side intersection is temporarily masquerading as Little Italy. You may have noticed that the Tictail boutique is brandishing imposter signage and faux exterior as Umberto’s Clam House (circa 1970s). Or the E. Rossi Italy Music & Book Co. sign affixed 91 Orchard Street. The transformation, we’re told, is part of set dre...
Al Consolato si celebra Pirelli e i suoi tre secoli di innovazione
Una storia di eccellenze, innovazione, che copre circa tre secoli. Una storia innanzitutto italiana, quella di Pirelli, che affonda le sue radici nel 1872, anno in cui a Milano venne fondato il primo stabilimento. Nei successivi 300 anni, tanti altri ne sarebbero stati aperti, e non solo in Italia. Perché oggi il marchio Pirelli è noto in tutto il...
'My motto is 'life is too good'': The Italian paralympic fencer fighting for vaccine awareness
Paralympic fencer Beatrice Vio is a veritable sports icon in Italy, a model of courage whose battle against disease, infectious enthusiasm and prowess have won her legions of loyal fans. Now the 20-year old ace is in Rome, where on Wednesday she will defend her title as wheelchair fencing world champion after taking home gold in last year's Paralym...
North Italia restaurant expands to Southern Nevada
A modern Italian restaurant has announced plans to expand to the Las Vegas Valley. North Italia is set to open its first location in Nevada on Dec. 13 inside the Rampart Commons, located at 1051 S. Rampart Boulevard. Fox Restaurant Concepts is behind the new establishment and operates multiple restaurants in the U.S. including Arizona, California,...
Presepio Napoletano at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center in Tuckahoe, New York
When: November 17, 2017 @ 7:30PM - Where: Westchester Italian Cultural Center, One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, New York 10707 - Suggested donation: $10 Presepio Napoletano opens November 17, 2017 @ 7:30PM. Join us for the unveiling of our newly refurbished, handcrafted, authentic Neapolitan presepio. This newly expanded exhibit will be enhanced...
Chef Antonio Varia talks porcini, Piemonte and coming to America
As the winter months cool the oak trees and turn the Central Coast vines bare and dormant, Antonio Varia, executive chef and owner of the area’s favorite Italian restaurants, Buona Tavola in Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo, will be finding new ways to serve up his truffle mushrooms, polenta and risotto. Winter is the perfect time for Varia’s Osso B...
Marco Pavone wins award for young Italian researchers
On Nov. 8 MARCO PAVONE, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, was awarded the 2017 Franco Strazzabosco Award for Engineers from the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF). Pavone, who is also director of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory at Stanford, was recognized for his work on “algorithmic foundation...
Queens College exhibit showcases Italian American fashion roots
Newer immigrants have been contributing many layers of cultural authenticity to Queens’ multi-ethnic pot, but those who were once considered new immigrants back in the early 1900s don’t seem to be getting as much recognition these days. So it’s time to celebrate their unique history and heritage. The Italian-American story can be told through the m...
Award-winning Andiamo! is chic and inviting
While it is not that little out-of-the way place you recall in Trastevere (what is?!), Andiamo! is pretty darn close. Billed as a “neighborhood trattoria,” it is indeed in a neighborhood of former residences converted to commercial buildings and offices directly east of the Railyard and Santa Fe station on the Roadrunner line. Inside, through an o...
Local church celebrates 100 years
At the turn of the 20th century, the Annunciation Church was a mission church for Rochester's growing Italian-American community. Today, the church still stands on Norton Street as it celebrates 100 years in the Rochester community on Saturday. The church has been used for multiple purposes over the past century. When a new church was constructed i...
After 40 years, Randazzo still going strong
No one remembers the date they met George Randazzo -- but everyone remembers the day. You say hello and it's an hour later. He's got a million ideas and doesn't stop until you've heard them all. Meanwhile, what do you do and what are your plans and what do you need? Always, what do you need? Whatever it is, George has the answer -- or knows someone...