by Laurie Lucas

It's not enough to merely eat authentic Italian flatbread sandwiches in Riverside. The owner of Piad'Amore restaurant wants a dual-immersion experience for customers into his homeland's favorite street food and his native tongue.

Every Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m., owner Antonio Pagano hosts Italian lessons at his 2-month-old restaurant at 3740 Iowa Ave., Suite 108, in University Village.Members of the the Italian language program at UC Riverside preside over an informal cultural salon, teaching Italian, art, music, geography and food.

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