Luxury Italian restaurant Isola Bella opens at American Dream
A restaurant offering Italian cuisine and modern cocktails has opened at The Avenue, a luxury retail and dining wing at the American Dream megamall in the Meadowlands. The restaurant — Isola Bella — features cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages, wine and champagne. The menu includes such dishes as jumbo shrimp cocktail, caviar selections, pastrami...
Scittino’s, beloved Catonsville Italian eatery, will open a second spot near Lake Roland
Scittino’s opened on Edmonson Avenue in Catonsville in 1973 and has been a family-owned pizza and sub shop and Italian grocery store and deli at that location ever since. By the end of December, after 51 years, the beloved Italian eatery will open a second location on Falls Road north of Mount Washington, near Lake Roland. Andres Cabrera and Brad B...
N.J. grower who brought Italian grape to US remains optimistic about its potential
Larry Coia, a New Jersey grape grower and the part owner of Bellview Winery, brought the San Marco grape back to the United States in 2011. By then he had been tending to grapevines for 35 years, all as a sidelight while working as a radiation oncologist. A founding member of the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association, he became immersed in the s...
Italian family pours love of retail, customer service into new boutique winery in Aspinwall
A legendary Italian family known for its specialty food markets is toasting to new beginnings in Aspinwall. Labriola Italian Markets debuted Labriola Winery last month, steps away from its market along Freeport Road. “It’s the beginning of a new era,” said owner Leonard Labriola of Fox Chapel. “This is such a nice adventure for me because all of my...
The 5 best things we ate at Eataly’s 1st N.J. location. Inside the popular Italian marketplace.
Eataly, the expansive Italian marketplace with two popular New York locations, opened its doors in New Jersey Wednesday, launching a new spot at Short Hills Mall. Not only will customers be able to shop among the aisles of breads, cheeses, and pasta, they’ll also be able to dine in the 230-seat restaurant and bar, Eataly Ristorante. There are now m...
Italophilias & Foodies Flock to Eataly’s Grand Opening in the Mall at Short Hills
New Jersey finally has its own Eataly, the global Italian marketplace and restaurant full of delicious Italian imports. Customers can dine in the 230-seat restaurant and bar and/or purchase artisanal imports in the market of imported gastronomic delights including coffee, pastries, gelato, extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, bronze-extruded p...
Angeli’s Pizzeria Bar to open fifth Baltimore location in December at vacant Noona’s
The vacant Noona’s restaurant space in Midtown will reopen in December as Angeli’s Pizzeria Bar, part of a fast-growing chain run by a family-owned group based in Baltimore. Representatives for Angeli’s and MCB Real Estate, the owner of the Fitzgerald mixed-use building where Noona’s ceased operations Nov. 1, announced on Tuesday that Angeli’s has...
Eataly Global Italian Marketplace Will Open in Mall at Short Hills (NJ) On Nov. 13
Residents have been abuzz online asking when the popular Manhattan global Italian marketplace and retail concept Eataly will open the doors of its Mall at Short Halls location. The wait ends with their grand opening on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 3:00 p.m. This location is the 13th North American Eataly, and there are 50 worldwide. “As Eataly continues...
The Dish: And the winner of Baltimore’s Italian sub war is ...
After more than a month of voting and over 800 responses, we have a victor in The Baltimore Banner’s war of Italian subs, which pitted 16 of the area’s favorite sandwich shops against one another in a series of matchups. I recommend stopping at each of the contenders yourself, who are ordered by rank at the bottom of this post. But there can only b...
Cheese Shops We Love: Claudio Specialty Foods
In the heart of Philadelphia's historic Italian Market, Claudio Specialty Foods embodies timeless Italian traditions and exceptional cheese craftsmanship. Since Claudio Auriemma and his wife Salvatrice founded the shop in the 1950s, this family-owned gem has become a cornerstone of the community, offering customers an authentic taste of Italy with...
Piatti all’Opera @ Bold Fork Books
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington invites you to “Piatti all’Opera”. Join us at Bold Fork Books (3064 Mt. Pleasant St, NW. Washington DC) on November 19, 2024, at 7 PM, as Chef Rita Monastero explores how we can trace the evolution of Italian cuisine through the opera. Registration is required for this event, for a fee. Exploring the wor...
Inside Osteria Mozza, Georgetown’s Highly Anticipated Italian Marvel
Filled with glowing copper accents and lush emerald chairs, Georgetown’s iconic Dean & Deluca space has been completely transformed into the luxurious D.C. outpost of Osteria Mozza. Chef Nancy Silverton and restaurateur Stephen Starr debut the Los Angeles restaurant on Sunday, November 10, unveiling a combination of all three of Silverton’s Califor...