Rhody classics: NBC’s Frank Terranova
The Johnson and Wales University senior instructor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the NBC 10 cooking segment, which became popular before reality TV chefs dominated the small screen with cooking shows. He also explains how dining out has evolved in Rhode Island (or not). How did you get involved in restaurants, and how has the scene changed ove...
Hall of Famer Marino just part of attraction at pizzeria opening in Cranston
Crowds of fans lined up to shake not just the hand of NFL Hall of Famer Dan Marino, but also that of his business partner, restaurateur Anthony Bruno at the grand opening of Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza at Garden City on Thursday. The Florida pizzeria has moved north, meeting snow birds in their summer habitat. So while Miami Dolphins fans offered th...
Italian fast-casual chain to open restaurant in Southington this summer
An Italian fast-casual chain restaurant is expected to open at the TA Travel Center in Milldale this summer. Fazoli’s, which serves pizza, pasta, sandwiches and other dinners, will open its first location in the northeast at the travel center, 1875 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, the company said in a statement. “Our mission at Fazoli’s is to serve Ame...
Trattoria Delia owners promise 'nothing's changing'
Trattoria Delia brought something new to Burlington 24 years ago: Italian food, which is to say food that aspired to be as authentically Italian as possible. That included menu items that surprised Vermonters, said Tom Delia, who opened the restaurant with his wife, Lori. “People weren’t ready for squid and pasta 24 years ago,” he said. The menu al...
Italian restaurant chain to open Southington eatery
Fazoli's, a Kentucky-based fast casual Italian chain, said Wednesday it is partnering with the TA Restaurant Group to open a new eatery in the Milldale section of Southington late this summer. The Southington restaurant would be the first of four restaurants across the country to debut with the two partners. Two others are planned Oklahoma and Texa...
Chow Italia! Italian eatery coming to South Deerfield soon
Italian cuisine is coming to the village center — Gianni Fig’s Ristorante Italian Cuisine is expected to open in about a month at the former Sienna Market. “It’s the full experience. I’m not joking around,” said Italian Chef and Owner Gianni Calabrese Monday, standing in on the steps of 6 Elm St. beneath a sign announcing his cuisine is “coming soo...
Portland chef shares memories of Italian Easter bread, handed down from his grandmother
Damian Sansonetti has baked and eaten Easter bread all his life, but when it comes to braiding the dough for the holiday treat, he has to call over his wife and business partner, llma Lopez.“Your left…up…across…” she coaches him. As the mother of a 3-year-old girl, she’s had a lot more practice with braiding. “This guy’s going over, and this guy’s...
A tribute to Italian people of this city
Deborah Dawes said that anytime she and her husband, Roger, have walked in the West End lately, they couldn’t resist stopping in front of the building at 64 Main St., where workers were often working feverishly inside and out. “We’d keep looking in through the glass to see what was happening,” she said Tuesday morning. “We’d wave, and sometimes we’...
Made in Connecticut: Flavors only found in New Haven
While New Haven’s run as Connecticut’s co-capital may have ended, its legacy of world-class pizza has endured. Each year, droves of people visit the Elm City for a taste. Chicago has deep dish, New York has thin crust, and New Haven has apizza. “New Haven-style apizza is [akin to the Neapolitan-style pie] traditionally baked in a coal-fired oven at...
New Italian Restaurant Set to Open Soon in Old Lyme
A vacant restaurant near Rogers Lake is being transformed into a new Italian eatery called Stella's Restaurant & Pizzeria, the New London Day reported. The new 2,800-square-foot restaurant is described as a family-oriented experience, according to the New London Day. Stella’s is named after the family owners’ oldest child, 6-year-old Stella. The re...
Review: bNapoli Italian in West Springfield elevates dining to lofty levels
Located in downtown West Springfield and open since early 2016, bNapoli Italian has elevated its namesake style of dining to lofty new levels. Housed in a former copy shop and adjacent to a sister pizzeria, bNapoli is a space distinguished by its minimalist elegance. A soft-gray-dominated palette of fabrics and finishes sets off dramatic visual ele...
Parziale’s Bakery in the North End
The Parziales have been baking bread in Boston since 1907, when Giuseppe “Joe” Parziale came from Italy with his wife Anna and opened a small bakery on Charter Street. Many things in the neighborhood have changed since then, including the bakery’s address — which is now 80 Prince Street — but the Parziale family still churns out crunchy loaves of B...