'Welcome to Davenportillo's:' Portillo's coming to Davenport in 2019
Portillo's officials announced Thursday it will open a Davenport restaurant in 2019. The fast-casual restaurant chain, known for Chicago-style hot dogs and Italian beef, unveiled more plans for a restaurant, complete with a design rendering with a "Welcome to Davenportillo's" sign. It'll be the company's first Iowa location, located across from Co...
Dino's Italian Food Keeps the Red Sauce Simmering on West Colfax
"You're talking to a dinosaur," says Judy Duren, the 66-year-old owner of Dino's Italian Food, a restaurant that has served homemade everything — noodles, meatballs, sausage, red sauce, pizza and even ice cream — since 1961. "I think we're a dying breed. Independent restaurant owners are a dying breed," she elaborates. "You can't afford to do it an...
Indulge on Italian fare at these top Denver eateries
Looking for a fine Italian meal near you? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end Italian restaurants around Denver, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to venture when you'd like a memorable night out. 1. Panzano. Topping the list is Panzano. Located at 909 17th St. downtown, it is the hi...
DeRienzo's Pizza Is Bringing Back St. Louis Pizza History
Joe and Ada DeRienzo opened the original DeRienzo's Pizza and Pub (1267 Jungermann Road, 636-317-1034) on Virginia Avenue in south city in 1961. Now their son Tim and his wife, Amy, have brought the family pizza joint back, with a restaurant in St. Peters that honors its traditional recipes. Back in the day, DeRienzo's was one of a few St. Louis-st...
Trattoria di Sofia
There are not a lot of good Italian restaurants in Montrose. This observation will surprise absolutely nobody who has either traveled through there or lives around here. But just to make the point about the paucity, pizza places — Colorado Boy, Pahgre’s, Little Caesar’s, Domino’s, Papa Murphy’s and Pizza Hut — dominate the “Italian” category on rev...
Family tradition inspires new Italian food cart in Fort Collins
Jeff Marchio has resurrected Italian recipes and the family business. His new Fort Collins food cart, called Marchio’s Grill, carries on the legacy of his grandfather Louis, who emigrated from Italy and ran Marchio’s Italian Cafe in Omaha, Nebraska, for multiple decades. “In the Marchio family, all of the men do the cooking,” Marchio said. “It is...
Del Pietro's Is a Delicious Reimagining of the Restaurant That Launched a Family Empire
Mary Rose Del Pietro works the dining room at the Richmond Heights restaurant that bears her last name like a queen holding court, breezing past table after table, sometimes with just a wink and a smile, other times with a casual, "How are you enjoying the ravioli?" If she gives you that question, keep in mind that she is not asking for a response....
Italian Brewer Introduces Oenobeers to Denver
Grape or grains? "Entrambi," as the Italians say — which means "both." Grape-based beers will soon be on tap at Liberati Osteria & Oenobeers at 2403 Champa Street, when Italian brewer and restaurateur Alex Liberati and partners open the doors later this year. So, what's oenobeer? It’s the name for grape-based beer coined by Liberati, based on the p...
As Wichita Italian favorite Savute’s heads toward 75, longtime owner cuts back hours
Savute’s Italian Ristorante at 3303 N. Broadway will turn 75 next year. And Peter Savute, the grandson of founder John Savute, has been running it for 17 of those years. Now, Peter is about to turn 65, and he’s ready to slow down. He announced on the restaurant’s Facebook page on Thursday that he’s cutting the iconic Italian restaurant’s hours back...
Gelato Festival Boulder 2018
August 18 ago noon to Auguist 19 7PM MDT. 1710 29th Street, Boulder 80301. Get tickets here. Gelato Festival is coming back to America in 2018!!! Gelato Festival World Masters is the most important event dedicated to Artisan Italian Gelato. It is a challenge of Gelato Chefs that recognizes the greatest flavors through competition. During the course...
Liberati Ready To Brew This Summer
A long-term ambition and first publicly shared back in 2015, Italian beer maestro Alex Liberati is now firmly on track for the summer debut of his Liberati brewery, bar, restaurant, and store. Expanding beyond its original “oenobeer” production concept, the 24,00-square-foot Curtis Park location at 2403 Champa Street, inside the former Downtown Den...
A Taste of Italy, the Italian grocery and deli in Clive, is perfect for a quick, inexpensive meal
I've driven past the nondescript commercial building at 8421 University Blvd. in Clive hundreds of times before noticing the Italian flags flanking A Taste of Italy there. Having a special place in my stomach for Italian meats, I knew I needed to put the Italian grocery and deli on my list for lunch — and I'm so glad I did. The small deli counter...