Bill and Giuliana Rancic bring modern Italian to D.C. with new restaurant
For the uninitiated, Bill and Giuliana Rancic rose to fame in the advent of reality television -- Bill won Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" and Giuliana was an anchor on E! News for nearly a decade. They met during an interview, and the rest was history. As a couple, they starred in "Giuliana and Bill," but off-camera they successfully were heating...
The Italian Place Sets Opening Date in Alexandria
The Italian Place, a new gourmet market and eatery, plans to open its doors Thursday, Sept. 8 in Alexandria, the business has announced. The business will be open starting at 10 a.m. The eatery will offer fresh-made sub sandwiches, gourmet salads, imported pastas and olive oils, Illy coffee and Italian soda, Italian wines, gift baskets and...
Restaurant review: Viaggio in Wayne
By Elisa Ung Drop everything, head to Wayne's new Italian spot, Viaggio, and order the chicken. Yes, the chicken. Yes, this is a rare and ringing endorsement of what is the most notoriously boring dish in most restaurants. And no, it's not Parmigiana or Francese. Those Italian-American favorites happen to be banned from the premises of Viaggio, a...
The Italian Store plans second location
If one is good, two is better. Devoted fans of The Italian Store would surely agree. ARLNow.com reports that popular Arlington delicatessen The Italian Store -- which has thrived in the Lyon Village neighborhood for more than three decades -- plans a second location in Westover. The new location, at 5839 Washington Blvd., will be about twice the s...
Beyond the cheesesteak: Philadelphia’s food scene
Tourists associate the City of Brotherly Love with its most famous sandwich – the cheesesteak, created by South Philly hot dog vendor Pat Olivieri for his taxi driver clientele in 1930. But regional food choices in Philadelphia extend well beyond Pat's or Geno's, provolone or cheese whiz, with or without fried onions. Landmark delis, marke...
Roselli's: Crafting Authentic Italian Cuisine Since 1969
Since 1969, Roselli's Food Specialties have been producing authentic, high quality pre-made Italian cuisine based on their traditional family recipes. The Italian food purveyors have grown from producing spaghetti sauces for local restaurants and individuals to launching an ecommerce website with expanded delivery options for their extensive line o...
Chelsea Market’s Buon’Italia Sets Sights on Jersey City
It's not just residents moving to Jersey City, companies are moving across the Hudson in droves. This week a report came out that four companies are moving over 1,200 jobs to Hudson County. And those are just the big ones that make headlines, many smaller companies are relocating here too. One such company is Buon'Italia, an Italian food i...
Marlton owner masters art of brick oven pizza
by Samantha Raphelson Pizza. It is a symbol of Italian culture that has flourished since its journey to America. But unlike in Italy, we Americans have turned the traditional dish into fast food, stopping ourselves from enjoying the cheesy treat fully. Chef Frank Masso hopes to change the way Americans approach mealtime by s...
Carmella food truck dishes out good Italian on the streets of Jersey City
Specialty food trucks have not always been welcomed in New Jersey; good luck finding one in Bergen County, for example. Jersey City, Newark, Hoboken and Montclair have the most active food truck scenes, but food trucks in general have run into opposition from officials and brick-and-mortar restaurants around the state. Read more...
Zavino group expanding to Main Line and D.C.
by Michael Klein Greg Dodge and crew are headed to the Main Line this summer for a third location ofZavino, their casual Italian pizza/wine bar. They also are setting up a restaurant in Washington, D.C., that will resemble their more recent Washington Square West opening, the more refined Tredici. Dodge said work would begin in Ma...
Italian restaurant first confirmed business tenant in former Reading outlet building
By Lisa Scheid Russo's Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant, 527 Penn St., will open a second location in the former Reading Outlet Center's Big Mill building, owner Carlos H. Salguero confirmed this week. The announcement marks the first business to publicly commit to developer Alan W. Shuman's $23 million retail and residential project a...
Valley's second Villa Grande Pizzeria opens in Catasauqua
Italian favorites such as calzones, lasagna and chicken parmigiana are once again being served at 7 Lehigh St. in Catasauqua. The building, which housed Carmen's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria from 2007 to 2014, is now occupied by Villa Grande Pizzeria. Co-owned by Jimmy Tomini and his sons, Alfani and Nori, the 60-seat restaurant debut...