Amici Restaurant Opens New Location In Cherry Hill
Amici Restaurant has a new home in Cherry Hill, one block away from the Italian restaurant's former spot. On Monday night, Cherry Hill Mayor Susan Shin Angulo and Councilman Bill Carter joined Amici Restaurant and Owner/Executive Chef Alex A. Daku to help cut the ribbon at Amici's new location at 312 Kresson Road, according to township officials. T...
Frank Pepe's Pizzeria Napoletana to Open in Alexandria
Connecticut-based Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana will be opening in Alexandria — it's first location in Virginia. According to the restaurant's website, Pepe's has seven locations in Connecticut, three in Massachusetts, one in Rhode Island and one in New York. A Pepe's restaurant will be opening in Bethesda this winter, according to Bethesda magazi...
Motorino chef and pizzaiolo, 'the best' in NYC, brings his award-winning pies to Edgewater
Belgium-born chef Mathieu Palombino, whose Neapolitan-style pizza at Motorino has been called “the best of a new generation” by the New York Times, is set to open an Italian restaurant and pizzeria in Edgewater in the spot that had housed Izzy's Pizzeria. Gigi & Mario, a 90-seat spot in City Place helmed by Palombino, whose Motorino pizzerias in Wi...
Joe Italiano's Maplewood-Moorestown Mall Donates to Victims of Hurricane Ida
Joe Italiano's Maplewood, Moorestown Mall Location proudly participated in the Tractor-Trailer Challenge that took place on Sept. 25/26 in the parking lot of the Moorestown Mall, 400 Route 38, Moorestown, New Jersey. "Joe Italiano's, Maplewood is happy to donate to families, near and far from our restaurant's community who are desperately strugglin...
Garwood Italian Restaurant To Reopen Wednesday Under New Owners
Garwood's Lorenzo's Family Restaurant is reopening with under new owners on Wednesday. Doors will open for the grand opening at 117 Center St. from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Guests can call ahead for a reservation. The restaurant is BYOB. "We wanted to thank everyone for all the good wishes and good thoughts and we looking forward to join us this week to o...
NYC Italian restaurant Lasagna Ristorante opens location in Huntington
There's not much guesswork involved with a restaurant named Lasagna, but there is quite a bit of mystery (and marinara). The restaurant opened on Huntington's New York Ave. in August in the space where Riley's used to be, during steamy summer weather, but the restaurant's owners are confident it will find its niche: Lasagna's parent restaurant in N...
Award-Winning Chef Brings Pizzeria To Bergen County
GiGi & Mario Pizzeria will open its doors Oct. 10 at The Promenade at City Place in Edgewater, BoozyBurbs reports. Serving a wide variety of red and white specialty pies as well as appetizers, salads, burgers and more, GiGi & Mario’s offers modern twists on traditional Italian favorites. Pies are topped with fresh vegetables, meats and seafoods —...
Italian firm bolsters presence in U.S. market with Vineland plant
An Italian firm is beefing up efforts to sell its ham products in the U.S. market. Rovagnati has opened a 45,000-square-foot facility in Vineland to produce and distribute prosciutto imported from its homeland. The facility, currently with 18 workers, is expected to employ 50 people by the end of 2022, Rovagnati said in a statement. The new buildin...
Two Phenomenal New Jersey Pizzerias Recognized as the Best in the U.S.
Thank you Food and Wine for recognizing that New Jersey has better pizza than any other state. We already knew this fact, but we appreciate it just the same. Listen to Matt Ryan weekday afternoons on 94.3 The Point and download our free 94.3 The Point app. Author David Landsel put this pizza montage together said: "some of the most surprising pizza...
Veloce Specialty Sandwiches Opens in Jersey City
Veloce Specialty Sandwiches has officially opened in Jersey City. Located at 580 Montgomery Street, the third-generation deli operates out of a ghost kitchen and primarily functions as a pickup and food delivery restaurant. Delivering authentic Italian food with an American spin, Veloce’s owner hopes to make his own mark in the heart of Jersey City...
Bisnonna Bakeshop Brings Italian Pastries To Tysons Corner Center
Bisnonna Bakeshop, an Italian bakery with pastries made from scratch, held its grand opening Saturday at Tysons Corner Center. Bisnonna Bakeshop, named for the Italian word for great-grandmother, was the grand prize winner of the Dreamstart Competition at Tysons Corner Center. The bakery, runner up Garcon Melanine and second place runner up The Po...
Tacconelli's Pizzeria to open second location in Haddon Township
It all began with a handcrafted brick oven by Giovanni Tacconelli. That oven inspired a five-generation owned-and-operated restaurant that has served Italian-American pies in Philadelphia since 1946 and South Jersey since 2003. And now, Tacconelli's Pizzeria is joining a crowded field of Haddon Avenue pizza shops with a second South Jersey location...