Joe's Italian Grill worthy of two thumbs up
by Wally Kennedy I was a bit skeptical. Joe's Italian Grill didn't exactly get off to a good start. The restaurant, as you might recall, decided to take over the storefront that was occupied by the Great Wall Chinese Super Buffet at 2705 S. Range Line Road. Joe's put up a sign and was about to open, but decided to take down its s...
Kansas City's Best Italian Restaurants
By Lisa Waterman Gray Do you love Italian food? We do too, and that's why we dedicate ourselves to finding the best places to enjoy Italian cuisine in Kansas City. We've diligently scouted out the top eateries, and we've listened to our readers and their reviews of Kansas City restaurants. We share the places that get great buzz a...
Mici Handcrafted Italian to Relocate From Cherry Creek North Location
Mici Handcrafted Italian announces it will relocate its Cherry Creek store to 727 Colorado Blvd., with a grand opening to happen in January 2016. The current Cherry Creek location is scheduled to close December 23, 2015. The move will expand the current Cherry Creek store's delivery zone to include Lowry. The phone number for delivery orders w...
New Italian restaurant coming to RiNo
A new Italian-themed restaurant is coming to Denver's hot and fast-developing River North neighborhood. Dio Mio, which will serve experimental, handmade pasta dishes, is set to open in a 1,500-square-foot space at 3264 Larimer St. this fall. It's the brainchild of chef Alex Figura, who also owned the now-shuttered Lower48 Kitchen, and...
U City pizza joint to be renamed, reinvented as traditional Italian restaurant
by Vince Brennan Owners of a University City Loop pizza restaurant have announced that they are transforming it into a classic Italian restaurant. Mike and Liz Randolph are reinventing The Good Pie at 6665 Delmar Blvd. into Randolfi's, an Italian restaurant that will honor the family's culinary lineage from Southern Italy. The new re...
Celeb chef Lidia Bastianich will swing through Wichita while checking on KC
by Denise Neil Italian chef Lidia Bastianich is one of the rare food celebrities who has a restaurant close enough for Wichitans to visit regularly. Her Lidia's Kansas City at 101 W. 22nd St. in Kansas City, Mo., serves homey Italian dishes in an upscale setting. Bastianich, 68, is also a television star and cookbook author, and she's mak...
RARE Italian to open Thursday in Old Town
Owners of The Rio will open their third restaurant concept, RARE Italian, Thursday in Old Town Fort Collins. Construction lasted just two and a half months on the prime piece of Old Town real estate, 101 S. College Ave., resulting in a space that has been transformed, at least partially, for the new restaurant. Previous tenant Ingredient...
Datebook Diner: Noah's Ark is a tasty blast from the past
While many restaurants try to entice customers with the next new thing, I have to respect the timeless allure of Noah's Ark, an old school Italian-American eatery that's been slinging classic pasta and pizza for nearly 70 years. The restaurant was started in 1946 by Noah Lacona, a man who wanted to introduce pizza to Des Moines. His busine...
A Spaghetti Western with Tuscan cowboys and barbecue in the Maremma
BY JASPER J. MIRABILE JR. Tuscan cowboys? Italian cattle? A real Italian barbecue? You better believe it and I experienced it all recently with Slow Food Kansas City as we traveled to the Maremma in southern Tuscany with our guide Judy Witts Francini, the Divina Cucina. Our group arrived at Corte degli Ulive, a large bioagrit...
Bonner is an Italian food artist
By Kevin Killough When Bino Michael Bonner talks about his cooking, there's an earnest passion in his tone.Bonner is the mastermind behind Binadios Pasta & Sauces. It's a fledgling business he runs when he's not working for Hess. Right now, the business is in the marketing phase, but he said he's drummed up some interest in his home-cooked, o...
Italian cookie & pastry shop coming to the River Market
Vito and Carol "Rookie" LaBruzzo operated LaBruzzo's Tavern at 1809 Grand from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Their daughter, Carol LaBruzzo, co-owned Kelly's Bakery for 16 years (from about 1979 to 1995) in the old Northeast area, as well as a Kelly's Bakery outlet in the River Market. Her sisters — Vicki LaBruzzo, Christy Maenza, an...
Mirabito’s Italian Restaurant opens in North Liberty
North Liberty's newest Italian restaurant is a true family affair. "It's Mirabito's on the building and Mirabitos inside the building," owner and chef Gregg Mirabito said. Mirabito's Italian Restaurant opened in the former Subway location in November after a three-month remodeling. "I'm blessed I have a wife and family that suppo...