Luigi's opens in Scottsbluff
From pasta to pizza, those around the panhandle hoping to eat some authentic Italian cuisine now have the opportunity. Luigi's in Scottsbluff is open to serve up food that many believe is hard to find in the area. Owner Nick Trziu says the family-owned business started in Texas and began to move north. This is the second location that the...
Pep’s Bake Shop & the Italian Bakery
By Cindy Kujala Joe and Bette Prebonich have been in the bakery business for over 50 years. Joe started working for the Italian Bakery – which was established in 1905 – while Geno and Guido Marcaccini owned the business. Then in 1986, Joe and Bette became the owners when they purchased the business. The Virginia, MN mainstay is lo...
Salati Italian Street Food Now Open in Northfield Stapleton
by Mark Antonation Salati means savory or salted in Italian, and a new eatery called Salati Italian Street Food is bringing savory Mediterranean bites to Northfield Stapleton. Salati opened today at 11 a.m. (in the space that was formerly Euro Cafe) with a concept built around piadina and other street fare that owner TC Clark found while o...
Morelli's: Cheap liquor and red sauce nirvana
Every liquor store parking lot is busy. Two things human beings will always need and and will always spend money on: dentistry and liquor. You can't go through life with a sore tooth and most of us can't go around without at least the occasional day-ender. But Morelli's parking lot is busy in a way that others are not. The driving is espec...
Thrillist names the best Italian restaurant in St. Louis
by Kelly Moffitt With The Hill and toasted ravioli at our fingertips, it would have been a travesty to leave a St. Louis eatery off a "Best Italian restaurants in America" list. Luckily, Thrillist has chosen a spot many St. Louisans are likely to agree is the best in the city. The food and drink website named Trattoria Marcella as one...
Ciao Italian Kitchen closes in west Wichita
By Carrie Rengers The west Wichita Ciao Italian Kitchen has closed. "People talk about always wanting to sponsor local business, but they don't," says managing member Guillermo Perez-Munoz. "That's certainly how I felt." Perez-Munoz says his east-side Ciao will remain open. He says he feels more support there than he did...
Parella to Open in Calhoun Square this Summer
by Joy Summers Macdonald has been biding his time for the right restaurant opportunity since moving back to Minneapolis after a winning hearts and stomachs in New York City at Willow Road, Cru, and Bouley. It's been over a year since returning, but the opportunity wasn't right until now. He will open Parella along with Michael Lar...
More Italian — this time in Uptown — headed to Minneapolis
By Rick Nelson It's official: 2015 is going to go down in local culinary history as the Year of the Italian Restaurant. Two are opening next month in downtown Minneapolis: Monello launches June 1 in the Hotel Ivy, and Il Foro is coming in for a mid-June landing in the historic former Forum Cafeteria space. In Uptown, Parella is aimin...
NEW! AL MERCATO: in search of tasty Italian foods at Whole Foods
Join us as we learn about Italy's bounty – frutta, verdure, formaggi e salumi – available at Whole Foods. Discover the names, the origins and products' usage in today's Italian cuisine in a fun and relaxed environment. On Sunday, October 4th, 2:00 – 3:30 PM, Italian native Mirella Heimpel will lead a small group through the store aisles and fi...
Lo Stella Ristorante in Denver's Golden Triangle
By William Porter I don't know if Alessandro Polo knew about the extensive history of Italian immigrants in Denver when he moved here in 2013, but he certainly brought plenty of his own. Polo, who owns Lo Stella Ristorante in the Golden Triangle, is an eighth-generation restaurateur from Portofino, a seaside city near Genoa that is ne...
Italian favorites with urban flair in downtown Colorado Springs
The image of a red tomato splotch that practically screams "Splat!" is the perfect logo for a restaurant named Red Gravy. While the ruby-colored stuff may be its namesake, it isn't the glue that holds all the dishes together. Two offerings that showered me with Italian amore were not covered in the signature red sauce. I am enamored w...
Reviving an old-school deli in northeast Minneapolis -- with Kickstarter help
by Mecca Bos We wrote about Jessi Rivera last year when we noticed that she was diligently doing work on the old Delmonico's Italian Deli space in Northeast. By some act of kismet, she walked into the local institution one day and told third-generation owners Bob and Terry Delmonico: "I've been dreaming my whole life of opening a place ju...