Keep the ghouls at bay with Figure Eight's Vampire Slayer burger
Garlic helps fend off the vampires, or so the belief goes. Or the bad breath may just make your friends want to keep their distance. Garlic and much more is packed into the Vampire Slayer burger served at Figure Eight Brewing, 150 S. Washington St. The hefty peppercorn burger comes stacked with roasted garlic mayo, tomato relish and a parmesan blen...
Panini Panini in Michigan City named best sandwich spot in Indiana by Yelp and Buzzfeed
The best sandwich spot in Indiana is right here in the Region. Panini Panini in Michigan City was named the best sandwich spot by Buzzfeed and Yelp. Buzzfeed used an algorithm to rank Yelp reviews to determine the best sandwich spot in every state and the District of Columbia. The top 51 sandwich spots nationwide included Nini's Deli in Chicago and...
Seeking out Italian wine, fare while in the windy city
Chicagoland is, in my opinion, a great place for Italian cuisine. And, of course, Italian wine. I enjoyed some wonderful wines on a recent trip, most from the Old World because that’s what I seek out when in the Midwest. Old World wine and Italian beef sandwiches. A visit with one of my favorite brothers always involves Italian wines. He dutifully...
Restaurant Scene: Giovanni's still offering favorite Italian dishes
Traditional Italian recipes star on the menu at Giovanni's. The restaurant, which was established in 1966, is located on Ridge Road in Munster. Its menu features many of the dishes that have been favorites through the years at the eatery. Entering Giovanni's is like walking into an old friend's house. One also feels like you've stepped into a time...
Eataly’s First New Permanent Restaurant In 6 Years Will Let Diners Pick Marketplace Products For Their Meal
The excruciating wait to devour a haul of food from Eataly is about to get a lot shorter with the debut of the Italian marketplace’s latest restaurant, which will allow guests to pick their own raw ingredients from Eataly’s various market counters for their meal. Eataly Chicago will open the “market-to-table” concept, Osteria del Mercato, on Nov. 1...
Agroalimentare: FVG in missione a Chicago e New York
È cominciata oggi la missione negli Stati Uniti della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, che durerà 5 giorni, con tappe a Chicago e New York, per promuovere il comparto agroalimentare del Friuli Venezia Giulia. La delegazione regionale, guidata da l'assessore regionale al Turismo e Attività Produttive, Sergio Emidio Bini, sarà protagonista del viaggio...
Tortello’s handmade pasta a thrill to eat, watch being made
When you walk by Wicker Park’s Tortello, you’ll see pasta makers mixing, kneading and shaping dough, helping transform flour, water and eggs into an exquisite homemade meal. Sure to entertain anyone exposed to the shop’s floor-to-ceiling front window, “it’s a gorgeous way to show people where pasta comes from, which doesn’t come from a plastic bag,...
Taste: Oliva’s knows its history, aims for future
If there’s one thing that carries through to Oliva’s Restaurant today, it’s history — both family history and local history. The restaurant, owned by Pat and Vicki Oliva, opened Feb. 8, 2010, but the Oliva family knew about the property long before, Vicki Oliva says. Pat’s father, also Pat Oliva, operated The Silver Bar out of the location from 197...
Fanello's Authentic Italian restaurant opens in Mishawaka with family recipes, atmosphere
When Papa Joe’s Casa de Pasta in Mishawaka was extensively damaged after a fire in 2016, the owners decided not to reopen the restaurant. Soon after, the city of Mishawaka purchased the land where it once sat for its future plans of widening Union Street, but dedicated fans of the restaurant were left wondering what was next. Kristina Ungerecht,...
New Italian spot Ascione Bistro debuts in Hyde Park
A new Italian spot has debuted in the neighborhood. The fresh arrival to Hyde Park, called Ascione Bistro, is located at 1500 E. 55th St. Ascione Bistro serves up pasta, Italian entrees, appetizers and sides, with menu items ranging from linguine to salmon to grilled octopus. With a 4.5-star rating out of 16 reviews on Yelp so far, Ascione Bistro s...
Murano keeps Italian focus in sleek restaurant setting (review, photos)
A couple of televisions hang over the bar in the sleek space that Murano occupies on E. 6th Street downtown. But if you go you won't be watching them. That's because the real sport is people watching. Order a drink and gaze at the constant street traffic flowing by the restaurant, a snug spot between the even busier Superior and Euclid avenues. Wom...
Michael's Italian Feast reopens East Peoria location
Michael's Italian Feast has returned to East Peoria. A fourth outlet of the local restaurant chain opened Wednesday at 1302 E. Washington St., a location McDonald's once occupied. Michael's restaurants already had been established in Eureka, Germantown Hills and Washington. The outlet in Eureka opened about four years ago, about the same time the f...