Caffe Bottega Brings Corner of Italy to Leesburg
A little corner of Italy was added to Leesburg over the summer when David Mata-Bruni opened Caffe Bottega Italiana with his parents Luis and Vicenta Mata along of Fort Evans Road. The sandwich shop and food market features items that are almost all exclusively imported from Italy. Mata-Bruni sources them from a New York-based importing company, whe...
South Fellini, the East Passyunk T-shirt shop, creates an ode to the Feast of the Seven Fishes
South Philly has a new holiday anthem, courtesy of a local clothing store. "If You Give Me Seven Fishes" celebrates the pescatarian spread enjoyed by many Italian-American families on Christmas Eve. The tune was written and recorded by the owners of South Fellini, the Philly-themed clothing shop on East Passyunk, and it comes with its own music vid...
New Jersey priest’s devotion to saint helps bring her life to the big screen
For the last decade, Msgr. Paul Bochicchio of St. Francis Church in Hoboken has been advising as a spiritual consultant on the upcoming film “Cabrini,” produced by Angel Studios about the life and ministry of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, set to debut in theaters in March 2024. The highly anticipated movie, from the studio that produced “The Chosen”...
Mia Margherita celebrates 10 Years of Operation
The team at Mia Margherita announced they will be celebrating the restaurant’s ten year anniversary on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. The restaurant opened its doors in 2013 as the first and only place to get coal-fired pizza. Original founder, Scott Duarte, said the goal of the restaurant was to the celebrate the rich Italian history of pizza making w...
Sylvester Stallone To Declare Dec 3 'Rocky Day' In Philadelphia
Sylvester Stallone will be outside the Philadelphia Museum Art for the grand opening of the new Rocky Shop and to declare Dec. 3 "Rocky Day" in the city this weekend. Rocky himself will be at the event at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Parkway Visitor Center, which sits adjacent to Eakins Oval near the museum. The grand opening event, hosted by the Visitor...
Visit to Washington by the delegation of the Friendship Section with the USA of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
The visit to Washington DC of the Italy-United States Bilateral Friendship Section of the Italian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union ended on Thursday. The delegation, assisted by the Ambassador of Italy, Mariangela Zappia, was composed of the President of the Italian UIP Group Sen. Pier Ferdinando Casini, the President of the Bilateral Friends...
Conversation at Villa Firenze with judge and Yale professor Guido Calabresi, Norman Silber and Antonio Monda
The Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, hosted a conversation at Villa Firenze between Yale judge and professor emeritus Guido Calabresi, Prof. Norman Silber, author of the book “Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi,” and Professor Antonio Monda. Guests included Attorney General Merrick Garland, Supreme Court Jus...
Bellini's in Slingerlands looking to expand
Bellini’s Italian Eatery in Slingerlands is already looking to expand after moving to the Vista Technology Campus earlier this year. Bellini’s is an extremely popular restaurant and bar among Bethlehem residents and beyond. The restaurant was located in the Price Chopper, now Market32, retail plaza in Slingerlands for 20 years before moving across...
Residents Welcome New Family-Owned Italian Eatery to Marlboro
New Yorkers love food and we love the diverse places that we can get in our community. Italian cuisine remains to be one of the most popular places to grab a bite to eat. According to The Chef's Pencil, New York and New Jersey residents search for Italian food more than any other dishes. Residents in Ulster County, New York just got another option...
Angelo Cataldi opens up about sports radio career in book
Sports radio broadcasting icon Angelo Cataldi has written a book. It's called "Loud: How a Shy Nerd Came to Philadelphia and Turned Up The Volume in the Most Passionate Sports City in America." Over three decades behind the mic, Cataldi made many friends and enemies. He challenged sports figures on his daily show and reflects on all of it in his ne...
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Rescued and Preserved
When I decided to try (once again) to learn Italian, a major goal of mine was to attend, and understand, Mass in the language of my heritage. I have attended the Italian Mass at St. Lucy’s Church several times over the years. I understand very little of it, however, it reaches me in a special way. From the beginning of the Great Migration, the Chur...
Eat, Sip, Shop: Sicilian-born restaurateurs open ‘dream come true’ Italian market in Northampton County
The owners of a popular Italian restaurant in Hanover Township, Northampton County have debuted another tasty venture a few miles south of the dining establishment. Father and son Giacomo and Phillip Sgroi, native Sicilians who opened Nonna Sulina’s Sicilian Kitchen & Grill in 2020 at 5000 Bath Pike, on Friday opened Nonna’s Italian Market – offeri...