A Glamorous New Italian Restaurant Sprouts Up Along West Third Street
Inside N.10, backed by Italian soccer star Alessandro Del Piero. Today is the day for No. 10 (as in, the number ten), the new Italian restaurant backed in large part by former Juventus soccer star Alessandro Del Piero. Expect Italian hits like pizza and pasta, right along the bustling West Third Street dining corridor. First announced last fall, No...
San Francisco's Sausage Factory celebrates its 50th anniversary after fears it could close
Fifty years is an anniversary that almost did not happen for The Sausage Factory. "Recently the restaurant came on hard times," said owner Mario Azzolino. The restaurant in San Francisco's Castro District opened in 1968, on the site of an old sausage factory. Mario's uncle, Tony Azzolino, started working there in 1972 as a prep cook. He eventually...
Taste of Wine: Banfi Wine Nation celebrates 40th anniversary in San Diego
Cristina Mariani-May is the CEO of Banfi, Italy’s most honored winery and one of the leading vintners in all the world, offering acclaimed wine from many of the noted global properties including America. She is the third generation of her family to be in the wine business dating back to her grandfather in the early 1900s in New York with an Italian...
Culinary Secrets of Emilia Romagna
When: Thursday, April 05, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco - Organized by : Istituto Italiano di Cultura In collaboration with : Bologna Connect, Regione Emilia Romagna - Entrance : Free In collaboration with Bologna Connect Association and with the patronage of the Emilia Romagna Region, the Italian...
Fabio's restaurant offers authentic Sicilian fare in Hermosa Beach
Fabio Giambanco and his family were drawn to Hermosa Beach because it reminded them of their hometown of Palermo, Sicily. In this similarity, he's found the successful recipe for running a small eatery specializing in pizza and Italian cuisine. “(Hermosa) is just like our town in Sicily … the beach, the people, everything,” said Giambanco, who said...
Miami Chef Chops Into Melrose With Italian Submarine Sandwiches
There’s a surprising new sandwich shop landing along Melrose soon, taking up residence inside the shuttered Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese. The place is called Pirolo’s Panino, and it should open in a matter of weeks. Pirolo’s is in part the work of namesake chef Michael Pirolo, a 2016 James Beard Foundation Award semi-finalist in the Best Chef South c...
Salumi Dreams and Lots of Pasta: Chef David Nayfeld’s Guide to Emilia-Romagna
After working at fine-dining temples in New York City—Eleven Madison Park, Cru—chef David Nayfeld is venturing into slightly different territory. Rustic Italian. Opening soon, he unveils his years-in-the-making project with chef (and fellow Eleven Madison Park alum) Angela Pinkerton. It’s called Che Fico, and it’s focused on food all over Italy, no...
'Gran Milan' Brings Italian Fare To Midtown Sacramento
A new bakery and Italian spot, offering pizza and more, has debuted in the neighborhood. The new addition to midtown Sacramento, called Gran Milan, is located at 1801 L St. This is Gran Milan's second location, with the first in the East Bay city of Richmond. The two founders, who first met in the 1990s, "set their sights on giving the U.S. the hea...
Old school Italian food at Buona Gente in Long Beach delivers everything you’d expect and more
One of the great joys of Second Street in Long Beach’s Belmont Shore is how walking down any given block you move between the new and trendy and the old school and sedate, with the sporty and noisy in between. New and trendy runs to such hot spots as Saint & Second, Lasher’s Kitchen, Tavern on 2 and Roe. Old school, by contrast, is deeply Italian (...
Italian singer Giada Valenti celebrates Tiramisu Day, March 21, with giving away her new single and 5 different Tiramisu recipes
March 21st is Tiramisu Day. To celebrate Tiramisu Day Italian singer Giada Valenti gives away her new single Gracias A La Vida and a mini cookbook with 5 recipes for delicious Tiramisu. Fans can get the song and the recipe booklet by signing up on a special page: http://www.giadavalenti.com/tiramisuday. The campaign will run for week, from March 18...
Wine and Dine Event - Pairing food and Wine: Pizza
When: Monday, March 26, 2018 From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 1023 Hilgard Avenue - LA 90024 - Entrance : Free Part of the new series Wine and Dine – Wine and Food Tasting Parties in partnership with Vinomatica.com Wine Agency and its Founder and CEO, Master Taster and Wine Educator, Giammario Villa. An interactive wine...
Eataly Settles Into Its 67K-SF Digs at Westfield Century City in LA
Like a nice bottle of Italian wine, Eataly L.A. has had time to breathe since it opened. The crowds that greeted the November opening of the Italian food emporium’s first West Coast location at the Westfield Century City had wait times of up to four hours, proving that, even in Los Angeles, gluten is far from shunned, Matija Blazic, the communicati...