Hoboken’s Alessio’s Cafe Expanding to Jersey City Heights
A storefront along a quieter street in The Heights, Jersey City will soon be home to the second brick-and-mortar of Alessio’s as the Hoboken-based Italian café will be expanding significantly in the coming months. The initial location of Alessio’s at the intersection of Park Avenue and Sixth Street is known among Hobokenites for its authentic break...
Schenley Park's veiled Columbus statue is losing its covering as legal challenges hold up removal
Close to a year after a judge ruled that the Schenley Park Christopher Columbus statue could lawfully be removed, the statue remains in place. The monument has been covered over since 2020, but it has recently been sighted with large parts exposed. “It seemed like more and more of it was being uncovered, and now, the last time I went by… it was kin...
Nunzio by Chef Michael DeLone in Collingswood Launches Summer Menu and Live Opera Singer
Nunzio by Chef Michael DeLone is celebrating the start of the summer season with a variety of new programming and additions like weekly live music featuring award-winning mezzo-soprano singer Shanley Horvitz, the launch of a special small plates menu, BYOB sangria mixers and seasonal summer menu additions made with, and inspired by locally grown Je...
Welcome to Cortile Della Corsa in Pittsburgh, PA
July 22-23, 2023. 5280 Northumberland St, Pittsburgh, PA. The Cortile della Corsa is the crown jewels of the car shows at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Cortile is Italian for “Courtyard” and it’s befitting the name because of the gorgeous Italian vehicles that sit in front of The Pittsburgh Golf Club promontory. The Cortile features the best o...
Atlantic City’s Newest Italian-American Restaurant Promises ‘Psychedelic’ Cuisine
Vibrant Italian-American food is already a strength of New Jersey’s dining scene. But a new experience on Atlantic City’s Boardwalk promises to take it even further. Get ready for Superfrico at The Hook and its “Italian-American psychedelic” cuisine. The Hook, an entertainment enclave created by Spiegelworld, opens in Caesars on June 30 in the 1929...
Taste of Southern Italian Street Food Comes to Parsippany
Josephina Spinosa and her husband Sergio Capdevielle’s culinary vision to share their love and passion for simple Italian cuisine came to fruition this past April with the opening of their beautiful new restaurant, Lo Sfizio Italian Street Food. The restaurant, which offers a new concept for the local Italian scene, is located at 77 New Road in Par...
Generations of the Sena family continue to build La Famiglia’s legacy
The culinary excellence of Carlo “Papa” Sena began in 1947 postwar Naples, Italy. When “Papa” immigrated in 1976, he chose the Second Street location in Philadelphia directly across from the Delaware River. Today, La Famiglia begins its 47th year and third generation of family serving “old world” inspired Italian cuisine. The family took the shell...
Friendship and cooperation. Def Min Crosetto in Washington
The Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto met on Friday in Washington Dc with Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and took stock of the “special” bilateral relation, which remains robust, committed to Ukraine and extending across sectors. The two touched upon a plethora of shared dossiers and took stock of Italy-US relations, which, as Minister Croset...
Confindustria opens its representative office in Washington DC
As part of the project “Confindustria nel mondo” (Confindustria in the world), which aims to consolidate and strengthen Italian companies’ presence abroad, Confindustria has inaugurated its representative office in Washington in order to further boost transatlantic relations and build a bridge between Italian companies and the U.S. market. “The dec...
Crossroads of a career: Joe Pantoliano returns to his NJ hometown
Ah, the scene of the crime. Figuratively speaking, that is. The place where Joe Pantoliano first realized he was going to be an actor. The auditorium of Cliffside Park High School. Where he has now returned, 53 years after he graduated. "All I remember is how much fun it was," said Pantoliano, leaning back among the orchestra seats where his first...
There’s a New Italian Restaurant in Weehawken Called Beneci’s Cucina
Everyone knows New Jersey is renowned for amazing Italian food, and Beneci’s Cucina in Weehawken is no exception. Located at 500 Harbor Boulevard in the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel, this new eatery has menu items ranging from handcrafted pizza to lobster pappardelle. Read on to learn all about Beneci’s Cucina and its delicious menu + outdoor seat...
“Imagining the future. Leonardo da Vinci: in the mind of an Italian genius” exhibition inaugurated at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington
Inaugurated yesterday in the presence of Italian Ambassador to the United States Mariangela Zappia, Confindustria President Carlo Bonomi, and District of Columbia Secretary of State Kimberly A. Bassett, the exhibition “Imagining the future. Leonardo da Vinci: in the mind of an Italian genius,” the result of a partnership between Confindustria and...