Pizza del Gallo: An Evening With Danilo Gallinari
Join us at La Pizza & La Pasta on April 11 as Italian culinary traditions and New England’s love of sports combine! For one night only, we’re welcoming Boston Celtics forward and fellow Italian, Danilo Gallinari, as he trades in his jersey for a pizzaiolo’s (pizza-maker’s) apron and steps up to our authentic wood-fired ovens. At Pizza del Gallo: A...
Oh Momma 'speakeasy' pizzeria bringing live music, Italian fare to Middletown
Two of the great loves of Thomas DiStefano III’s life are pizza and music, so much so that he decided to combine the two in his latest business endeavor, Oh Momma, a “speakeasy" pizzeria that promises good pies and even better live music. DiStefano opened the 484 Main St. restaurant March 8. “The concept is combining live music with really good f...
Providence celebrates St. Joseph’s Day with Italian songs, pastries on Federal Hill
Two days ago was St. Joseph’s Day and bakeries on federal hill said it was one of their busiest days of the year. Thousands of residents flocked to the hill to pick up their favorite Italian pastries. “Its the most important thing in my life to keep these Italian bakeries alive, to keep the culture present,” the general manager of Scialo Bros. Bake...
The Historic Restaurant In New Hampshire Where You Can Still Experience The Italian Old Country
There’s nothing better than home-cooked food, and there’s probably no country in the world that better exemplifies this than Italy. Families and communities have gathered around fine cooking for ages. Plus, the tastes are so exquisite! Traveling to Italy itself may be out of the budget for some, but fortunately, you can visit the tastes of Italy ri...
Don't know where to score your zeppole? Try these 10 Rhode Island bakeries
March 19 in Rhode Island is all about zeppole, a pastry some say is in the shape of St. Joseph’s hammer. It's his feast day that is celebrated this week. It used to be that zeppole could only be had on the one day. But no more as they are a seasonal treat. Zeppole resemble a cream puff that’s been flattened, filled with cream and topped with more c...
Gioia coming to New Haven's Wooster Street, with a restaurant, market and gelateria
Two New Haven restaurateurs are partnering for a new concept on Wooster Street, featuring an Italian restaurant, market, gelataria and rooftop bar. Gioia, by Tim Cabral of Ordinary and Avi Szapiro of the former ROÌA, is a multi-use space featuring fine Italian food and beverages. The new venue formerly housed Tony and Lucille's, which closed in 201...
Everything Italian at Italian Corner
Daughter Robin travels from East Greenwich to East Providence to buy her Italian deli products and ready-packaged Italian dinners at the Italian Corner. It is a much shorter trip from Edgewood or even Warwick on 95 North to 195 East to the Warren/Barrington/Seekonk exit. The deli/restaurant sits on the hill at the corner of Warren Ave. and Boyd Ave...
Petition: Stop the City of Boston from unfairly excluding North End Restaurants
Boston's Mayor Wu and Mr. Segun, Director of the Office of Economic Development and Inclusion, have excluded North End restaurants from participating in the citywide outdoor dining program. Every restaurant in the City of Boston, except the North End restaurants, can now offer permanent outdoor dining on public property for the price of $399. Th...
Italian restaurant will replace Grill 43 in Yarmouth Port. What's on the menu?
Diego Mota and Taylor Amara, a Harwich husband-and-wife team, want to bring their "Italian without borders" concept to Yarmouth Port. Leonessa, the couple's new regional Italian restaurant, will open soon along Route 6A at 43 Main St., replacing the former Grill 43 restaurant that recently shuttered. The restaurant will celebrate how Italian cuisin...
North End restaurateurs add claims of white, male, Italian discrimination to outdoor dining fight
Five owners of restaurants in Boston's North End have added a new allegation to their feud with Mayor Michelle Wu's administration over outdoor dining: discrimination. The restaurateurs argue that this year's plan, which drastically limits outdoor dining in the neighborhood, harms the competitiveness of their businesses and that the policy was impl...
Celtics Joe Mazzulla defends the honor of a Rhode Island staple, The Pizza Strip
Did you know that Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla grew up in Rhode Island? You’ve probably heard that once or a thousand times by this point in the season. Zolak and Bertrand like to pick the Johnston native’s brain about peculiar Ocean State traditions on his weekly interview. During Super Bowl week they decided to ask Mazzulla his opinion of the ...
New Italian restaurant set to open in South Norwalk in early March
A new Italian restaurant is opening in a SoNo space that has been empty since 2020. Ciao! Ristorante and Bar SoNo, which is set to open during the first week of March at 68 Washington St., offers a variety of Italian specialties. The restaurant replaces Local Kitchen & Beer Bar's Norwalk location, which closed on July 31, 2020. The menu includes it...