A Critic Finds a ‘Sopranos’-Worthy Muffuletta
Michael Nagrant finds the muffuletta of his dreams at Rosie’s Sidekick. The sandwich shop, an offshoot of Italian bakery Sicilia, offers a host of delights. Eggplant parm is “supremely slutty, the cheese oozing over the flaky bread and the sauce and juicy eggplant dripping out the edges. This was some serious Tony Soprano-shit.” The aforementioned...
Aurelio's Pizza now open in Wrigleyville
Pizza fans, take heed: there's a new spot in town to get your fix. Located at 3801 N. Clark St. in Wrigleyville, the new arrival is Aurelio's Pizza.Since its inception in 1959, this chain has opened stores in Indiana, Illinois and Florida. It offers classic pies, like the The Works, with Sausage, ham, pepperoni, green peppers, mushrooms, cheese; or...
Angeli's strives to take care of its community
More than 25 years ago, Tony Angeli started a festival and special event company and by chance, Andy Mastrino and John Taylor started working for him. The rest is history. The trio took their passion for great food and excellent service and opened Angeli’s, a welcoming trattoria that has been a Naperville favorite since 1996. “It is truly great to...
Fazoli’s Debuts The Next Best Thing Since Breadsticks In Indianapolis
Everyone knows that Fazoli’s famous breadsticks are out of this world and now, the brand renowned for its premium quality Italian dishes is giving guests even more ways to enjoy this fresh-baked favorite. Fazoli’s – America’s largest elevated QSR Italian chain – has brought together everything guests love about its offerings to create the next best...
Cleveland Italian restaurant Guarino's celebrates 100 years: Recipe for success
One hundred years ago, Cleveland was taking on an Italian accent. The city had five Italian enclaves bustling with immigrants, including the nascent Little Italy on Mayfield and Murray Hill roads between East 119th and East 125th streets. Stonemason Joseph Carabelli, the founder of Little Italy, saw the need for monument work at the nearby Lake Vie...
Local gem serving Italian-American cuisine
Back in the 1970s, Italian immigrants Enzo and Lina Cantalamessa opened a mom-and-pop pizza shop showcasing their Old World culinary skills. Fast forward decades later, and that humble eatery has grown into Enzo’s Restaurant and Lounge, a local gem serving first-rate Italian-American cuisine. “We pride ourselves on consistently serving quality food...
4 new places to savor Italian fare in Chicago
Interested in sampling some new Italian spots in Chicago? You're in luck — we've found the freshest businesses to fill the bill. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're in the mood for Italian food. Sapori Antichi Bar Italiano (22 W. Ohio St., River North), First up is Sapori Antichi Bar Italiano, an Italian restaurant and bar...
Chicago Coffee Drinkers Are Most Adventurous
Chicagoans are the most adventurous coffee lovers in the country, according to Italian coffeemaker Lavazza's inaugural U.S. Coffee Consumption Survey. They are more likely to sip coffee cocktails, slather their half-smokes with espresso barbecue sauce, or slurp a caffeinated chowder than coffee drinkers in New York, L.A., Dallas, and Boston. "Coffe...
Buon appetito: Detroit's 4 best spots for Italian cooking
In search of a new favorite Italian spot? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian restaurants around Detroit, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to meet your needs. 1. Ottava Via: Topping the list is Ottava Via, a Corktown restaurant serving freshly made pizza, pasta and other Italian fare....
In the kitchen with the Bartolini brothers, whose spaghetti and meatballs are 'No. 1 in Illinois'
The secret, says Chris Bartolini, is sugar. “We put sugar in our ricotta,” he says. “Everybody thinks it’s in the sauce, but it’s really in the cheese.” Chris and Dominic Bartolini, whose Midlothian restaurant was made famous by its 10-pound meatball sandwich and annual meatball-eating contest, are really sweet on nostalgia and Mama’s lasagna. “Foo...
Miami linguist returns to Italian roots through language and baking
A package of light brown cookies covered in sesame seeds sits on Vincent Palozzi’s desk, and his mother Josephine’s face is printed on the plastic label. Palozzi remembers baking with his mother during the holidays. She would start at 9 or 10 p.m. and bake until 3 or 4 in the morning so he and his siblings would wake up to a plate of fresh cookies....
Via Bologna Opens at Eataly Chicago
Hop on your Vespa — we're headed to Emilia-Romagna! All year long, we're taking you to some of Italy's most popular cities and regions to dine all'italiana in our pop-up restaurant and enoteca series! The next destination on our strade di sapori, or "journey of flavors," is the region of rolling hills and grassy fields: Emilia-Romagna. From May 1...