West Orange Eatery Serves Up Italian Comfort Food Aplenty
Style: Local haunt meets date-night spot serving Italian comfort food. Flat-screen TVs, a handful of tables and a granite bar up front give way to a spacious dining room. The scoop: West Orange natives and siblings Nicholas Giambattista and Andrea Giambattista-Barbaro, along with their spouses, are first-time restaurateurs with deep roots in the ar...
West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival preparations demand much work, exciting entertainment announced, officials say
The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival is an anticipated celebration of a culture that has helped shape much of the region over the years, and this year marks the 41st rendition of the anticipated event. “I think it’s a great accomplishment that something that was started so many years ago is able to live on thanks to all the volunteers, spon...
The Lake House - Head Chef Luigi is Passionate about Cooking
Here is a great dining place in Hopatcong -The Lake House. By NY metro area standards this place can be included as a premium neighborhood restaurant and bar that offers appetizing homestyle family fare on the menu too. All their menu food is prepared by their chef. There are no pre-prepared dishes in this kitchen. Their head chef Luigi is passi...
This fourth-generation Italian Market coffee shop isn’t worried about Starbucks, Wawa
The tour group walked past where Anthony Anastasio’s great-grandfather parked his seafood pushcart more than 100 years ago, and where coffee, chocolate, and gelato businesses now thrive. “We stop here because of that family history,” the tour guide said. “I love that it’s a family business that has evolved with the times.” Of all the shops on the I...
Mrs. Robino's gets a starring role on 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dives'
Mrs. Robino's, the landmark Wilmington Italian-American restaurant, is the final Delaware restaurant to be featured on the series, "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives." The episode airs Friday at 9 p.m. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri, who hosts the Food Network program, visited six New Castle County area restaurants and food businesses last February. It was his...
Bucco Restaurant brings upscale Italian/American food to Bloomfield
Bloomfield's Bucco Restaurant opened in April, adding a new place to eat in the bustling downtown. This upscale Italian/American restaurant was opened by Frank Bucco and his business partner and girlfriend Jennifer DenBoer. Bucco’s father owned a restaurant also called Bucco in Clifton for 20 years before losing his lease. Now, Bucco’s father is re...
Calandra’s Mediterranean Grill
Calandra’s Mediterranean Grill is a family-friendly dining spot found within the Hampton Inn with a casual, Tuscan-inspired setting. In fact, they offer Northern Italian dishes with a Mediterranean flair. Additionally, the Med Grill features an open kitchen, a dining room that takes inspiration from Tuscany and a lobby bar; Meanwhile, they have out...
Wine tasting event teases largest Italian festival in state
The 31st Annual Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival is still more than a week away but local residents were able to get a sneak peak Wednesday evening. Festival organizers held a wine tasting to preview West Virginia’s largest Italian festival that see more than 150,000 people attend annually. However, if it wasn’t for several commun...
Alyson Lupinetti Takes On the Male-Dominated World of Barbecue
Alyson Lupinetti is proving that “like father, like daughter” definitely applies to barbecue. Not only does the 27 year-old Mount Laurel pitmaster follow in her late father Butch’s footsteps all over the country, she wins awards like him, too. On the road for seasonal competitions with the Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ team, Lupinetti already has 10...
Wine tasting at Italian Embassy brings bucket list satisfaction
My best friend in Baltimore forwarded me an email invitation to the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. It was hosted by Gambero Rosso, the global authority on Italian wine. I was pretty excited when I got a return email that said I was accepted to the tasting. I even went out and bought a new outfit from Men's Warehouse. I had to go with the bow t...
New Italian Restaurant Opening In Reston Town Center
North Italia, described as a "modern Italian concept," will open its doors in Reston Town Center on Wednesday, July 31. The restaurant will be located at 11898 Market Street and will span 6,400 square feet, offering lunch, dinner, happy hour, and weekend brunch, according to a statement. It will be open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. each day (and unti...
Bareli's Italian Restaurant & Bar
Bareli’s offers the most creative Italian / Continental Cuisine in New Jersey. In addition, the interior is plush with part of the dining area in a garden-like atrium with a greenhouse window. In fact, all the surroundings have an aura of subdued opulence. They’re located on Route 3 East – just minutes from NYC as well as The Meadowlands. Also, don...