The Real Dorsia Brings Modern Italy to Brady Street
You can be the envy of Patrick Bateman who could never get a reservation at the fictitious Dorsia, the restaurant from the movie American Psycho from which a new Milwaukee restaurant got its name. The owners of Cataldo’s recently opened Dorsia as a thoroughly modern Italian restaurant, a place with lots of energy, creativity and an effortless cool...
Restaurant Review: Mezzo Restaurant & Bar translates to comforting Italian fare
Is there anything more comfortable than sitting on a well-appointed patio, wine glass in hand, surrounded by friends and family? The only thing more comforting, in my book, is the addition of Italian food. If that’s true for you, then you’ll find comfort at Mezzo, part of locally owned Taste Hospitality Group, which also operates Hubbard Grille and...
Shaved Ice, Italian Beef And Gelato Shop Opens In Wicker Park
True to their goal of opening the long anticipated Vinny D's by this weekend's Do-Division street fest, the DeTommaso and Czapla families behind the casual Italian restaurant have announced a grand opening celebration for Thursday. Located at 1709 W. Division St., Vinny D's offers several flavors of shaved ice, gelato, and soft serve ice cream, plu...
Chicago gets first Nutella Cafe, now open on Michigan Avenue
There goes that summer diet plan, Chicago. Nutella Café opens its doors today on the city’s bustling Michigan Avenue. The restaurant is the first Nutella Café to be owned and operated by parent company Ferrero, whose team picked a Second City opening for one big factor. “There’s an incredible dining culture in this city, and Nutella is all about th...
Eight Italians honoured for ground-breaking cancer research
Eight Italian oncologists are among the 123 researchers set to be awarded by the American Society of Clinical Oncology in its annual conference opening in Chicago today. Only two of the eight Italians – six women and two men, all aged between 29 and 36 - who will receive the Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award live and work in Italy. One of the o...
Photos: Homey Italian at Vin Santo in Middleton
Vin Santo, a homey Italian restaurant owned by Gregg and Clarissa Edwardsen, has been open since 1998 at 7462 Hubbard Ave. in Middleton. The decor is classic small town Wisconsin (antlers on the walls, portrait of Frank Sinatra) and the menu is full of familiar Italian standards like bruschetta, caprese salad, linguine with pancetta and shrimp, and...
Calabria Imports Rolls Out New Food Truck
Calabria Imports debuted its new food truck Monday at the Ridge Run and the subsequent Beverly Hills/Morgan Park/Mount Greenwood Memorial Day Parade."Calabria on Wheels" served its popular meatball sandwich — "The Stenger." Inspired by Chris Stenger of Mount Greenwood, the sandwich features meatballs, red sauce and provolone cheese stuffed inside a...
Sal’s Trattoria Wants to Be Your Neighborhood Italian Eatery
Here’s the scoop on Sal’s Trattoria, a new venture helmed by Allen Sternweiler (Butcher & the Burger): WHAT: Casual neighborhood Italian. Expect soups, salads, pasta, and a few entrées—but no pizza. Sauces and Italian sausage for ravioli will be made in house. And, “I would be an idiot to not have soft-shells and chanterelles when they are in seaso...
Restaurant Review: Can I move into the Chicago Pasta House?
The Riverside area has plenty of culinary options that any college student, or person passing through, can enjoy. There’s everything from pho to burgers and everything in between. But what the Riverside area is really missing is an actual Italian restaurant (sit down Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill fans) and the Chicago Pasta House solves that conu...
Italian restaurant opens doors downtown
A new Italian restaurant will open tomorrow in downtown Grand Rapids. Mazzo Cucina D’Italia is a contemporary Italian restaurant that has moved into the previous home of Tre Cugini, at 122 Monroe Center St. NW, which closed in December after 15 years. Faro Uccello owns Mazzo, which operates under Uccello’s Hospitality Group. Mazzo offers handmade p...
A Bocce Bar and Dante's Inferno To Open in Flats East Bank
Ever since Crop Rocks, Crop Sticks and On Air Studio closed last fall, the chatter around the East Bank of the Flats has been centered around likely replacements. Now we know. In the former Crop Sticks space, chef Dante Boccuzzi will be opening Dante’s Inferno, a quick-serve Italian eatery serving fresh, made-to-order pizzas. Tribe fans may already...
Best cassata cake in U.S. joins CincItalia, the Cincinnati Italian Festival
This year marks the eighth annual CincItalia at Harvest Home Park in Cheviot. With the 2017 festival comes new food and new vendors, most notably Ohio’s own Corbo’s Bakery. Family-run Corbo’s Bakery first opened in 1948 in Cleveland’s Little Italy. The bakery is best known for its cassata cake: an Italian sponge cake with homemade custard, fresh st...