Decades on, Bertucci’s continues to impress
In researching restaurants that have disappeared from Rhode Island over the past 40-plus years, I have noticed that many of them were in and around the airport. Bertucci’s is the exception. The popular Italian/brick oven pizza restaurant at 1946 Post Road in Warwick replaced Ned Grace’s Monterey back in the late ’70s and has been packing them in ev...
New Neapolitan pizza restaurant, markets to open in downtown Hallowell
A Neapolitan pizza restaurant is coming to Hallowell, headlining three major business changes to the city’s downtown. Taking up residence in the former Joyce’s building at 192 Water St., Bruno’s Wood-Fired Pizzeria is planning to open in mid-May. Meanwhile, Maine Local Market is planning to open April 3 in the former location of Scrummy Afters Cand...
Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe Accepting Applications
We're Hiring! Ready to start having fun at work? Join the Nardelli's family! We are now accepting online applications for Full-time and Part-time Assistant Managers and Staff at most locations. APPLY NOW "Why should I work at Nardelli's?" -Said no one ever. But if you really need a reason... Family Rooted Success Nearly 100 years ago our family sta...
Eatery Emerges As Go-To Destination For Italian Cuisine After One Year
Just ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the Valley’s most popular fine-dining restauranteurs opened a little Italian spot in Longmeadow. Posto by The Federal is located in The Longmeadow Shops and serves “old-school new Italian” dishes. While Posto and The Federal share the same executive chef, Michael Presnal, Posto is more casual than the Aga...
New Italian Restaurant Opens In Brothers Space In Brookline
There's a new fine-dining restaurant in JFK Crossing that opened in the space left empty when Brothers Restaurant closed on Harvard Street amid the pandemic. The chef behind the new restaurant is Simon Restrepo, the executive chef of Boston's award-winning Scampo (working alongside Brookline native chef Lydia Shire). Vello Restaurant and Bar quietl...
Popular Fairfield County Italian Eatery Stands Out For Made-From-Scratch Entrees, Plus Bocce
A popular Fairfield County eatery has come up with a unique mix of made-from-scratch Italian and American cuisine while adding a little fun with bowling alleys and bocce ball courts. Don't think about your regular bowling alley scene when you think of Pinstripes of Norwalk, instead, think let's get dressed up and go bowling while we dine on some pr...
Wicked Funny: The Origin Of Maine’s Italian Sandwich
I grew up in Augusta. My family lived on the east side of the Kennebec river. Our house was on School Street. So, my first introduction to this Maine meal staple was at Whipper's on Bangor Street, just a short walk down the hill. As a kid, I started with the classic version of a Maine Italian, very similar to the one in the picture above. Then I mo...
The Painted Burro to Replace Osteria Posto in Waltham
An upscale Italian restaurant in the western suburbs is going to become a new location of a Mexican dining spot that is under the same ownership. According to a source, Osteria Posto in Waltham is being replaced by The Painted Burro, with a Facebook post from The Waltham Channel mentioning that owner Joseph Cassinelli told the license commission th...
What's in a Lewiston name: Luiggi's
A Bates haunt since the 1950s, Luiggi’s Pizzeria, next door to the Blue Goose on the corner of Sabattus and Horton streets, is named for its founder, Luiggi Carmino Talarico. From Albi to Lewiston Luiggi “Louis” Talarico was born in 1922 in Albi, Italy. After immigrating to America and settling in Lewiston, he and his wife, Annis, founded the pizze...
Zeppole, Please!
Springtime means St. Joseph’s Day zeppole, the classic Italian treat. Not to be confused with donuts, Zeppole di San Giuseppe are often made using fried dough, but that’s where the similarities end. A traditional Rhode Island variety marries light and crispy pâte à choux-style dough with sweet cream filling, and is topped off with more cream, powde...
The Langham Is Reopening with Grana, a New Italian Restaurant
The Langham, a historic hotel in One Post Office Square situated in a former Federal Reserve Bank, will reopen this June after a lengthy renovation, and it will do so with an Italian restaurant called Grana. The restaurant will initially be open for breakfast, lunch, and weekend brunch. Grana (which means “grain” in Italian, although there is also...
‘Ciao Italia’ rebranded to ‘Ciao Trattoria and Wine Bar’
Durham’s authentic Italian restaurant Ciao Italia Ristorante + Mercato rebranded to Ciao Trattoria and Wine Bar and rolled out its updated menu this week. The challenges of running a restaurant in the climate of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have led owner Doug Clark to rebrand the restaurant and its style to both accommodate the Durham commu...