Vetri makes two offers for pizzeria sites in D.C.
The Vetri Family restaurant group has put in offers to bring its pizzeria concept to not one, but two Washington, D.C., locations. Two Pizzeria Vetri locations will be opening in the D.C. metro area. The leases aren’t signed yet, but they’re expected to open by the end of the fourth quarter this year or the first quarter of 2016, said Jeff Benjamin...
At Polenta Cafe in Hampden, Italian cuisine goes gluten free
The owners of Polenta Cafe in Hampden seem to know what they're doing. They're capitalizing on several restaurant trends at their cozy BYOB cafe on The Avenue: America's continued love of Italian cuisine, an increased interest in gluten-free dishes, and a focus on a singular food. As the name suggests, their niche is polenta, the vers...
DailyCuppaCoffee.com Delivers Lavazza Espresso Coffee to Consumers in the United States
Get a taste of Italy in your own home and see why Lavazza coffee is appropriately branded as 'Italy's Favorite Coffee'. Coffee connoisseurs may have heard about the famed Lavazza coffee and despaired of ever getting to try it. Daily Cuppa Coffee now ships it to homes throughout the US. Daily Cuppa Coffee seeks to preserve Lavazza's excelle...
Tambellini in Highland Park offers diners a slice of old Pittsburgh
By Melissa McCart There's polish but little that's modern about Joseph Tambellini Restaurant in Highland Park. I like the place because it offers the best of Old Pittsburgh without caricature. You won't see framed photos as reminders of the city's former greatness, or its rise from the ashes. You will not find shtick that's inevitable at...
La pasta Di Martino conquista l’America
di Patrizia Capua Hanno appena chiuso un accordo di distribuzione con Kroger, la prima catena di mercati per prodotti alimentari degli Stati Uniti, con 1800 punti vendita, che li ha scelti come partner nel settore premium. Così a metà luglio la pasta Di Martino farà la sua entrata trionfale sugli scaffali con otto formati in una confezione...
At Piattino in Mendham, cuisine inspired by both local and Italian ingredients
by Tricia Vanderhoof Mackenzie's Pub in Mendham is gone. In its place since September is the newly imagined Piattino Bistro. Designer David Jackson created focus around a stone-fired oven that produces Neapolitan pizzas, sand-izzas, contemporary hand-made pastas and entrees, and handcrafted desserts. Woven red leather on the back...
Good Wine and Good Times at Quattro Goomba’s
By Dulcy Hooper The t-shirts worn by the staff provide an answer to the question before the question can even be asked: Who, or what, is Goomba? ". . . Close Friend, Pal, Companion." As suggested by the name, Quattro Goomba's winery in Aldie was formed by four (quattro) close friends (goomba in Italian)—David and Carole Camden and Jay a...
Pasta cooking tips from the 70-year legacy of Lombardo's Restaurant in Lancaster
"Back in the day," says Michael Lombardo, "different days meant different jobs." Monday might be wash day; Tuesday was set aside for baking. In the Lombardo household, he says, that tradition extended to food as well. "Growing up, Sundays and Wednesdays" were pasta nights. These days, he's around pasta every day, as co-owner...
James Beard Award-Winning Chef to Open Italian Restaurant at Mosaic District: Report
by Mary Ann Barton Love Italian food? Listen up: A new Italian restaurant is slated for Mosaic District, the stylish neighborhood near Vienna in Merrifield, according to a report Tuesday by Washington Business Journal. The newspaper reports that Boston chef Michael Schlow has set his sites on Mosaic after Alta Strada, owned by Sch...
Three Hints making Italian Wine better for the U.S.
The U.S. is eventually offering exceptional opportunities for Italian wineries. The increase of prices is evident at restaurants and anywhere else, and sales they are even more promising as they come after the 2012 global wine production shrank of 6.1%, when it reached its lowest point since 1975. In restaurants all over the United States...
New Italian Eatery Coming to Pike & Rose
Carluccio’s—a chain of Italian restaurants and markets bearing the name of its famous British founder, which are located in the United Kingdom and Middle East—will open a new location at Pike & Rose in North Bethesda. The Washington Business Journal reported the location will be the chain’s second in the U.S. and among more than 80 loc...
Una serata sarda al trumpets! It’s an authentic Sardinian dinner!
The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture & The Cagliari Club of NY invite you to an evening of delicious food and great entertainment! Come to Trumpets Jazz Club & Restaurant, 6 Depot Square, Montclair, for a Cultural Encounter! MONDAY, MAY 11TH COOKING CLASS — 6:00 PM. Prepare malloreddus(typical...