Pizza D'oro opens on North Catty's Main Street
For fans of calzones, cannolis and other Italian favorites, Pizza D’oro & Italian Family Restaurant held a grand opening Aug. 24 at 1492 Main St. in North Catasauqua. The 32-seat restaurant, owned by Giuseppe Badalamenti, offers Sicilian and New York-style hand-tossed pizzas, along with other Italian staples such as eggplant rollatini, fettuccine a...
Like its name, the food at Sapore Italiano is full of flavor
In Italian, the word “sapore” means “flavor”. And that’s exactly what the dishes at Sapore Italiano in West Cape May are loaded with. Based primarily on Italian-American specialties, it may surprise diners to know that Chef/Owner Perparim Bici — or Rimi, as he prefers to be called — is from neither America nor Italy. He hails from Albania. But, if...
Springfield Pasta Company updates look, plans on more changes in coming year
Customers who stop by Springfield Pasta at 186 Saxer Ave. this summer may be in for a delightful surprise. The store’s updated open-air look, expanded inventory and variety of new offerings add more modern convenience to its old-world charm and more reasons than ever before to shop there when in the mood for “homemades” and other Italian specialty...
By sticking to the basics, Tutto Fresco has become one of the busiest restaurants around
People sure love Italian food. The two toughest restaurants to get into this summer were both Italian. One was a modest, 75 seater including al fresco dining with views of Ventnor Avenue; the other a mammoth, multi-million-dollar, 300-plus-seater by an Iron Chef inside a casino. And while the buzz of the summer certainly goes to Michael Symon’s Ang...
Italian Coffee Shop Opens in Park Potomac
Visitors to Park Potomac can now get a taste of Italian-style coffee. Filicori Zecchini opened with regular hours last week after a soft opening in July. The chain, which traces its beginnings to Bologna in 1919, now has several U.S. locations, including a few in New York City and one in Baltimore. Filicori Zecchini specializes in a “softer and smo...
Bill of Fare: Hopewell's Basilico Trattoria on the rise
Fine Italian restaurants are a reflection of the heritage and training of the chef, and Basilico Trattoria in Hopewell Borough is no exception. Chef and co-owner Giuseppe "Joey" Trani was born in Princeton, and at age 6 moved with his family to their hometown on the island of Ischia, Italy, located in the Bay of Naples. He grew up and went to culin...
From Italy to the Mountain State, this olive oil rocks
I finally got to try a fantastic artisan olive oil from Italy that’s now available in West Virginia, thanks to two of the Charleston sisters whose family makes it. Luisa DiTrapano and Lia DiTrapano Fairless graciously offered to share a bottle with me in exchange for my “professional” opinion. Professional or not, this stuff is fantastic. Made on t...
After 30 years in pizza, this family from Italy is betting big on Fishtown
Medusa Pizzeria owner Ernesto Villico was grinning, though you could hardly tell because of the giant orb of fresh mozzarella he’d shoved in his mouth as a joke. He held a pizza peel with a freshly-stretched dough in his hand, had his name stitched along the back of a custom Italia soccer jersey and sported a lipstick outline on his cheek from wher...
Palmyra woman opens Italian food stand to keep family tradition alive
Susan Requena grew up with a love of ravioli and Sunday family dinners at her grandmother's house. "That's what my Italian heritage revolves around. Sunday dinners. Sunday. Two o'clock at Nana's house," Requena said with a smile. "Your meatballs, your sauce, your Antipasto. Those are the things I decided to carry and wanted to pass on. Because that...
Advance tickets on sale for Italian fest's afternoon wine tastings
Advance tickets are now on sale for three wine tastings that will take place Saturday, Aug. 19 during the third annual Italiano! Italian Festival on Fourth Avenue in downtown Huntington. In the parking lot between the Keith-Albee and Old Village Roaster and the new Fro Yo House, will be a new wine-tasting tent that will feature three separate Ital...
Viva L’Italia!
Within a block of each other in the shadow of the old Florida Avenue Market — now known as Union Market — you’ll find a tale of two Italian-American food purveyors that give us a glimpse into the Washington food scene, past and present. In a city that was derided for decades for having no culinary soul, yet is now considered at the top of the food...
Craving Italian sandwiches? A shop in Brookland imports the Naples deli experience, with a twist
Positioned on the sidewalk in front of Salumeria 2703, the A-frame sign basically serves the same function that Luther, the anger translator, did for President Barack Obama: It bluntly explains the inner workings of something opaque to many Americans. The sign clarifies — curtly, if not vociferously — that the salumeria is an “Italian deli.” Most m...