At osteria32, Muncie's new Italian restaurant, it's all about wine and authentic cuisine
It's a near-100-degree Monday afternoon, and staff members of Muncie's newest fine-dining restaurant are scurrying to bring coolers of wine indoors to keep them chilled. The wines will be sampled by Yorktown residents Daniel Stackpoole and Summer Hellis, who own the new 21-and-over wine bar and Italian eatery, osteria32. But these tastings are not...
Renowned restaurateur Arthur Maniaci brought tastes of Italy to Fox Point
After years of working in his family's restaurants in Milwaukee's Third Ward and East Side, 46-year-old Arthur Maniaci took a risk in opening his first restaurant in a small strip mall next to a jeweler and a dry cleaner in Fox Point. Over the next 24 years, Maniaci would turn the cozy 15-table restaurant near the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard a...
Owners of new Greenfield pizzeria say massive rotating brick oven will cook a pizza in 90 seconds
Twenty feet of wall had to be knocked out to deliver it. Trusses made of the same kind of steel used on NASA launch pads had to be built into the floor to hold it up. It's a massive rotating brick pizza oven and it's in the former location of the Mad Dog Saloon, 4395 S. 76 St. Uncle Paulie’s Brick Oven Pizzeria could open as early as the first week...
Fourth of July Grilling with Spiaggia Chef Tony Mantuano
For Fourth of July grilling, you want a recipe that’s reliably delicious and unfussy, something you can cook with one hand while holding a drink in the other. But, let’s be honest: A touch of something extra makes the holiday meal truly memorable, like a dusting of hot Controne pepper from Campania over a juicy watermelon salad, or a red wine marin...
Munno Pizzeria & Bistro opens in Ravenswood
A new Italian spot, offering pizza and more, has debuted in the neighborhood. The new addition to Ravenswood, called Munno Pizzeria & Bistro, is located at 4656 N. Clark St. On top of its pizza options, this new offering serves up appetizers, pasta, salad and desserts. Take a look at the salami plate appetizer, grab some ravioli or lasagna, or delv...
Lucca finds new niche with sauce, pasta to eat at home
The success that Lucca in downtown Canton has realized since 2011 has its owner, Josh Schory, over the moon with joy. On his way back to earth, he formed a new idea, and it seems to be just another success. "We have been looking for a new direction, a new outlet," said Schory. "We have been making our own fresh pasta for about seven years now, and...
Foodie Spotlight: Giordano’s
The Cubs or the Yankees? The Sears (Willis) Tower or the Empire State Building? The “L” or the Subway? These are all questions that are sure to get residents of both the Windy City and the Big Apple into a heated argument. We’re not going to get into any of that since this is a food column, but we are going to dive into another fight-worthy com...
Review: Bridges Craft Pizza
IT FEELS SLIGHTLY DISORIENTING, pulling into downtown Greencastle on a Thursday night, when the sidewalks of the courthouse square are as lit-up and buzzy as any trendy swath of Indianapolis. So pardon me if what I am about to say sounds like it’s coming from a brochure for the Putnam County visitors bureau—but this little college town in the middl...
From Italy to America
Curious about the Italian culture? From Italy to America is Eataly Chicago’s newest class series — and you're invited to join the conversation! Join us for a monthly roundtable discussion focused on Italian-American and modern Italian culturethrough art, music, language, culture, and of course – great food and drink! Each month, we'll invite a loca...
Sports bar opens downtown
A local restaurant company has opened a sports bar downtown. Uccello’s Hospitality Group said this week it opened Uccello’s Ristorante & Sports Bar at 122 Monroe Center St. NW in Grand Rapids. On April 9, Uccello’s announced it was closing its high-end Italian restaurant in the space, Mazzo Cucina D’Italia, and converting the location into a sports...
Food We Love: Chef Tony Priolo shares a dish inspired by his Grandma Faye
Piccolo Sogno …. in Italian, it means “little dream.” It was Tony Priolo’s big dream to open his own restaurant, serve rustic Italian food and see the dream become a success. His dream came true. Plenty of foodies head to Chicago’s West Loop to taste the cuisine and enjoy some of the huge wine collection. First time visitors are in awe of the resta...
Cass Corridor deli Rocco's is an Italian sandwich paradise
For all the range you’ll find in Midtown’s menus, the neighborhood lacks much in the way of delis. And with the exception of La Pecora Nera near downtown’s Capitol Park, Detroit proper is pretty much deficient in Italian delis — the kind that stacks mortadella, salami, capicola and prosciutto on crusty, rustic Italian bread — and that’s not a good...