Local students to appear in Anthony Nunziata's 'My Italian Christmas!' concert at Theater at North
Local choir and dance students will perform in the third annual “Anthony Nunziata: My Italian Christmas! In Concert” at Theater at North, 1539 N. Main Ave., Scranton, PA. The show, which is part of Nunziata’s holiday tour, will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. It will feature local students as special guests including songs sung by the Vall...
Meet & Greet with Tommy Devito, New York Quarterback!
Join us for an exclusive opportunity to meet Number 15, Tommy Devito, the revered New York quarterback, at PrimoHoagies in Wayne, NJ, on Tuesday, November 28th, from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Tommy Devito, known for his exceptional skills on the field and his love for chicken cutlets and Italian heritage, will be gracing us with his presence. This Meet &...
From heroics in Vietnam to doo-wop all over, Jerry Tempesta leads with his heart
Jerry Tempesta started singing on the street corners of South Philadelphia when he was 14, and 60 years later, he’s still sharing great music, although the venues are nicer and the audiences are bigger. In between, though, were more than two decades when he lost the singing in his heart. That gap followed a two-year stint in the military, and the d...
Glenside’s Trevi BYOB: A family-owned Italian restaurant with its own boutique winery
Gina Burke, her husband, Joe Burke, and their son, Joe, Jr., opened Trevi BYOB in April 2011. 12 years later, 21 E Glenside Avenue is still going strong, and after 24 years living in Huntingdon Valley, so are Gina and Joe, Sr. The Burkes have been in the restaurant business from early adulthood to the present. The duo learned how to make pizza in M...
Popular pop-up Paffuto moves to a permanent cafe space in South Philadelphia
After a full two years of pop-up appearances in the region, the chef-friends behind the casual Italian concept Paffuto are ready to settle down. Dec. 6 is the planned debut of their all-day cafe at 1009 S. Eighth St. in South Philadelphia. It’s a 22-seater in the former Bibou and Pif. Jake Loeffler, Daniel Griffiths, and Sam Kalkut will offer break...
Salvatore Vetri, retired jeweler and father figure to Philadelphia restaurant community, has died at 87
Salvatore Vetri, 87, a retired business owner and real estate broker, and father figure to the Philadelphia restaurant community, died unexpectedly Wednesday at his home on Rittenhouse Square of natural causes, his family said. Mr. Vetri — Sal or Salvy to everyone — was the father of Risa Vetri Ferman, a Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge a...
Giants QB Tommy DeVito 'Very Humble' At Meadowlands Food Giveaway
On Tuesday morning, New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito stopped by the Meadowlands YMCA to give away Thanksgiving food bags to local families in need. DeVito, a rookie QB, lives in Cedar Grove. And organizers of the food giveaway described DeVito as "very humble," who stayed behind to load bags into cars long after the media cameras left. "Tom...
Claudio’s Table: Urbane Trattoria with Heritage Recipes
Claudio’s Table, an urbane trattoria in the Palisades, dishes up the Italian food that Chef/Owner Claudio Pirollo and Executive Chef Alessandro Pirovano grew up eating and cooking. Chef Pirollo is no stranger to the neighborhood; his nearby Et Voila French/Belgian restaurant has been a local favorite for a decade and a half. For his Italian restaur...
Cino Paci Band celebrating 100th anniversary
If you regularly attend the Pittston Tomato Festival Parade, or the Columbus Day festivities in downtown Pittston, you’ll likely need no introduction to the Cino Paci Band. But if you haven’t yet had the pleasure of hearing the group play their Italian and American melodies, perhaps you would like to attend their 100th anniversary concert, set for...
'Italian Christmas Concert' Bringing Award-Winning Tenor To Newtown
The Newtown Library Company, the oldest operating library in Bucks County, is bringing a traditional “Italian Christmas Concert" to Newtown featuring award-winning Italian tenor and producer Michéal Castaldo. The concert takes place on Dec. 7 beginning at 7 p.m. at the historic Newtown Theatre located at 120 N. State Street in Newtown Borough. Door...
Tom Colicchio: A chef’s journey
Three o’clock in the morning, I’d wake to the smell of peppers and onions frying, my grandfather in the kitchen. Then the sound of sizzling, him adding eggs for the sandwiches we’d eat later when we were out on the water. I grew up in a four-family redbrick apartment building in the Italian section of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where I shared a bedroom...
Unreal hidden gem Italian market in New Jersey
New Jersey is home to more than a few great Italian food markets. Some are massive and offer a huge variety of Italian specialty foods. We also have some little hidden gems in small towns all over the state. I found this one purely by accident and I can't believe what a find it was. I was googling Italian bakeries in my area and this one popped up....