Italian eatery opens at Prairie Village’s Corinth Square Shops
A new restaurant is open for business in Prairie Village. Va Bene Italian Eatery, 8232 Mission Road in Prairie Village’s Corinth Square Shops, officially opened for full-fledged business last week. The restaurant is located in the spot previously occupied by Urban Table, which closed in September. Va Bene opened last month with a limited menu and f...
87 Year-Old Italian Eatery’s Facebook Post Goes Viral After Asking Fans to Support Its Neighbors
DeGidio’s is an icon of the West 7th neighborhood, known and loved throughout St. Paul, but it was still surprising when a heartfelt Facebook post yesterday, went viral. The post was simply asking the restaurant’s fans to support businesses in the area. It has since been shared over 2,700 times and according to the DeGidio’s family, it’s been viewe...
Meet Chef Andrea Barrone: from Italy to St. Louis
I'm Andrea, I'm from a little town near Milan, where I grew up with my family originally from the South of Italy. I moved to St. Louis together with my wife a couple of years ago. Here, I wanted to pursue and broaden my career as a Chef. Before the restaurants were shut down, I was working at Casa Don Alfonso at the Ritz-Carlton, in Clayton. During...
Buon Appetito sotto l'Albero di Natale!
Expand your knowledge of the history and culture of Italian gastronomy with the world’s leading international educational and training centre for Italian Cuisine ALMA - La Scuola Internazionale di Cucina Italiana. Join us on Saturday, December 19, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a live conversation (in English) with Chef Ambassador Andrea Ruisi about...
Helena chef bringing Italian food with food truck
Chef Joe Sciarrotta, a Helena local, has spent the better part of his life preparing and serving food in a professional setting and will now fulfill a lifelong dream of owning his own restaurant through a food truck.Sciarotta credits his upbringing in a very traditional Italian family for his love of food, which has led him to open his new venture...
Tony Sacco's Coal Oven Kitchen to open in Eldridge
Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Kitchen may be right next door to Happy Joe’s in Eldridge. And they may be owned by the same company, Dynamic Restaurant Holdings, LLC, and have the same CEO and president in Tom Sacco. But the similarities end there for the two restaurants, Tom Sacco said. Tony Sacco’s opens its Eldridge restaurant at 350 East LeClaire Road...
Authentic, Italian gluten-free business sees booming since launch
The business lockdowns in mid spring hit many small business owners in the entertainment industry particularly hard. Romina Muse and her husband have been operating Skateland together for years, and the shut downs were tough."We were closed for two and a half months," Muse said. "That was a huge hit for us." That also left more free time with no bu...
Pasta House moving flagship location to Ladue
After 46 years, the flagship location of The Pasta House Co. will be moving to a new spot in Ladue. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, the restaurant will serve customers for the final time from its current address at 8213 Delmar Boulevard. It plans to reopen at 8831 Ladue Road in mid-December. The company said in a Monday news release that it was prompted to mov...
You'll be singing 'Gloria' at this new pizza spot on The Hill
A new pizza restaurant is opening on The Hill this week. Pizzeria da Gloria will open for curbside service on Wednesday at 2024 Marconi Avenue. It will serve up hand-crafted pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven and will feature local beer and natural wine. Owner Joe Kurowski found his passion for pizza after attending a masterclass in Rome. He ended...
Made in Italy: Aceto Balsamico di Modena Meet the Giusti Family
EXCLUSIVE LIVE EVENT FROM ITALY! Join us on Saturday, November 21, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a conversation (in English) with the Giusti Family, the world's oldest producer of Aceto Balsamico di Modena. Register here. The "Great Deposit of Balsamic Vinegar of Giuseppe Giusti" is the oldest acetaia of the world, founded in 1605 in the town of Mod...
Capri Restaurant to open offering authentic Italian cuisine in Greeley
A new restaurant in Greeley is setting its sights on offering authentic homemade Italian cuisine to the community. Capri Restaurant, located at 1825 9th St. in Greeley, is scheduled to open Wednesday with a large menu offering freshly made dishes inspired by cuisine from Italy. The building where Capri sits was once a well-loved Italian restaurant...
"Casa Don Alfonso" becomes newest sponsor of the Italian Community of St. Louis
On behalf of the entire Italian Community of St Louis, we would like to express our gratitude to the Iaccarino Family and Casa Don Alfonso - St Louis for their generosity in supporting our local Italian and Italophone community. We are, moreover, honored to begin a partnership with such an esteemed and storied Italian restaurant which shares our va...