Pastaria's Ashley Shelton Receives Eater's Prestigious Young Guns Award
When Ashley Shelton found out this past May that she'd been selected as an Eater Young Guns semifinalist, her dog was the only one around to share in her excitement. Today, when the news broke that she won the prestigious award, she got to share her enthusiasm with her fellow recipients in Los Angeles. "I got the email and it rocked my min...
Meet Joe Gianchino: the Green Lady Lounge bartender who’s always smiling
As difficult as it might be to pronounce his last name, it sure is easy to speak with Joe Gianchino (gee-en-kee-no). The Sicilian/Irish KC native loves talking to everyone and anyone who crosses his path. Which is why Gianchino, 26, gleefully embraces his role as bartender at the Green Lady Lounge, 1809 Grand Blvd., in the Crossroads Arts...
Marco’s Pizza Announces Aggressive Growth Plan for Colorado, Wyoming
Marco's Pizza, the fastest-growing pizza franchise in the United States, is targeting the Rocky Mountain States for growth. With 15 franchise locations already open and operating throughout Colorado and Wyoming, the company has announced plans to open more than 35 additional locations through strategic franchise partnerships in the coming years. &...
Everyday Italian: The new Foreign Legion is downtown's inexpensive, hidden gem
by Mecca Bos Minneapolis is currently as flush with Italian as the prom queen is with suitors. And we love so many of them it is hard to choose: Il Foro for the architecture and chef Joe Rolle's playful way with high-end Italian American creations; Parella for its keen eye toward true regional cooking, the way it's really done in Italy; Bar La Gra...
Monello adds to Minneapolis' Italian fare starting today
by Jess Fleming If the first bites are any indication, Monello, an Italian restaurant in the old Porter and Frye space in the Hotel Ivy in downtown Minneapolis, is going to knock it out of the park. We got a sneak peek this past weekend, and Chef Michael "Young Chef" DeCamp, most recently head chef at La Belle Vie, has created fre...
Venice Inn to close; Omaha to be without a Caniglia-named Italian restaurant for 1st time in 94 years
By Sarah Baker Hansen The Caniglia name, long synonymous with Omaha Italian food, will soon vanish from its final Italian restaurant marquee. Caniglia's Venice Inn, the steakhouse that opened in 1957, is shuttering its doors in May. Once the Ak-Sar-Ben-area restaurant serves its last plate of mostaccioli on May 3, no Caniglia...
Center Street to welcome Italian restaurant
Come ski season, foodies in Jackson Hole are going to have a new place to drink wine and eat Italian food. Orsetto Italian Bar and Eatery is slated to open after Thanksgiving, pending the construction renovation of the old Great Harvest Bread Company space at 155 Center St. It's concocted by the people who brought you Cafe Genevieve, Fred Pei...
St. Louis entrepreneur offering food tours of The Hill
For more than 40 years, Manzo's, an Italian market located at the corner of Devonshire and Macklind avenues in south St. Louis, stood as an iconic home-grown business founded by Sicilian immigrants and kept alive by their children. Manzo's thrived for decades as a St. Louis institution, selling Italian sausage, cheese, wine and other delicacies to...
Datebook Diner review: Marino's Italian Restaurant
by C. Acevedo Marino's is a mom-and-pop spaghetti joint with a solid command of old-fashioned Italian fare. In that respect, it earns three stars. But Marino's deserves five huge stars for its virtuoso dessert: the gorgeously luscious, worth-a-trip tiramisu. Owners John and Ellen Marino moved the longtime restaurant earlier this year...
Andrea Frizzi on the Real America and Moving Il Posto
At the end of this year, Andrea Frizzi will shutter his Il Posto on East 17th Avenue and start anew in a fresh space in RiNo, just around the corner from Vero, the Milano pizzeria he recently launched in Denver Central Market. Il Posto's new digs are dazzling, a sleek upgrade from the simplicity of the tiny spot Frizzi oversaw for nearly a decade —...
The Food Issue
The Flathead Valley's extensive suite of dining options has transformed this far-flung corner of Montana into an unlikely pleasure center for foodies, and this week the Beacon highlights some palate-pleasing eateries, from budget lunch options at an array of food carts to fine dining at acclaimed restaurants — nearly all of them emphasizing local,...
WCCO Viewers’ Choice For Best Italian Food In Minnesota
Cossetta Alimentari is a downtown St. Paul institution. It's three sprawling floors of Italian breads, cheeses, pastries, pizza and — of course — pasta! But if you want to know the story of Cossetta, the writing is on the wall. Michael Cossetta opened his business more than 100 years ago, in 1911. Read more Source: http...