Monica’s Pasta Shop Opens on Richmond Street in Boston’s North End
Monica’s Pasta Shop is now open at 141 Richmond Street, on the Freedom Trail, and next to the longstanding Vinoteca di Monica. The homemade pasta story at Monica’s goes back to 1995 when Chef Jorge Mendoza Iturraide brought fresh pasta to the menu at the original Monica’s restaurant. Now, these pastas are available retail along with cheeses, meats,...
Orecchiette Pugliesi Challenge - A "Duello ai fornelli" series
When: Sun, November 18, 2018 from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM EST - Where: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 Ciao a tutti, It's that time of the year that all of you were waiting for...Pasta Night Competition is coming! The four Italian Student Associations existing in the Boston Area (i.e. from BU, Harvard,...
Out on the Town: Mike’s Pastry vs. Modern Pastry
Boston has a large contingent of Italian immigrants dating back to the late 1800s, and the cultural footprint of Italians in Boston is still quite strong. In the North End, Italian restaurants line the narrow streets, with city-dwellers and tourists alike looking for their favorite eats. It is only natural that an area of Boston with such a rich cu...
Phantom Gourmet: Sulmona In Cambridge
Few people have a passion for Italian food like Delio Susi. At his restaurant Sulmona, that passion is on full display. Opened about a year ago in Kendall Square Cambridge, Sulmona, is named after the medieval town in Northern Italy that Delio’s family is from. According to his wife, Rebecca, everything at this version of Sulmona pays homage to tho...
Church Street Tavern spinoff closes, to be replaced by Italian eatery
The spinoff of the Church Street Tavern that opened on Shelburne Road early last year has closed and will be replaced next month by an Italian eatery. Tavern II, which the owners of the Church Street Tavern brought to the South Burlington site in 2017, had its last day of business Sept. 8. A new restaurant, Sorriso Pizzeria and Bar, will open in ea...
Molto Bene. A restaurateur adds a new old-school concept to his growing empire
Restaurateur Nick Frattaroli won’t be shying away from his red-sauce roots for much longer. The owner of Ward 8, North Square Oyster and Bodega Canal is set to grow his domain at the end of November with the addition of Tony & Elaine’s, a tongue-in-cheek take on old-school Italian eateries. Named for his parents—both servers in the North End for mo...
On Bertucci's, Hot Rolls, and the Underrated Importance of 'Gateway' pizza
Of the 16 restaurants in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in the late ’90s, 10 were pizza places. Peter’s Pizza was the Greek pizza place you went to get steak and cheese subs with pepperoni, Danny’s Pizza was the Greek pizza place you went to buy pot from that kid who dropped out of UVM, Mark’s Pizza was the Greek pizza place you went to get boneless buf...
Davis Square Is Living the Pizza Dream
Somerville’s options for decadent pizza continue to grow in the Davis Square neighborhood, first with the recent addition of Dragon Pizza on Elm Street and now with the arrival of the long-awaited Mortadella Head at 20 College Ave. (the former Deli-icious space). The latter comes to the neighborhood from the team behind Boston Burger Company, and a...
A Bun Bakery by Day, Italian Restaurant by Night: A Local Couple to Reinvent The Lobby
The Lobby, a family weekend go-to and popular date night restaurant at 7 Bakery Lane, closed last month. Stepping up to the plate with a new culinary undertaking are Matt Corrente ’06, previous head chef of Two Brothers Tavern, and Caroline Corrente, current owner of Haymaker Bun Co., located in Middlebury. Amidst a buzz of construction and activit...
Buon appetito: Your guide to Boston's top 5 Italian restaurants
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian restaurants around Boston, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to achieve your dreams. 1. Carmelina's Topping the list is Carmelina's. According to its website, Carmelina's serves "traditional Sicilian...
Phantom Gourmet: Grassona’s Italian In Brookline
For Chef Phil Dwyer, there is no place like the kitchen. “Very early on, I came to realize that I had never met anyone who didn’t have some beautiful memory around food. Conversations always came back to the kitchen. I developed a real appreciation and respect for that.” You will find this chef cooking Italian classics with a side of soul at Grasso...
No Fuss at Nonna’s
There’s no telling whether a nonna has ever walked this earth who was both fast and casual. My own Italian grandmother tends to take her time, as most reginas della cucina do. Her sauce simmers all day and we never dine without proper linens. That said, Nonna’s Pizza & Pasta on Harding Street grasps at the spirit of “authentic-based Italian America...