Dante, NYC’s famous Greenwich Village bar, has been named the world’s best bar
Dante, one of Greenwich Village’s most beloved stomping grounds, has undergone a transformation 104 years in the making. Its latest incarnation: the world’s best bar. Last night, the 50 World’s Best Bars—which is part of a group that also releases the popular (if at times controversial) 50 World’s Best Restaurants list—revealed its winners in Londo...
Room to Rome: Giant new Italian spot opens in Williamsburg
This space could be its own Little Italy! An enormous new Italian restaurant in Williamsburg offers its visitors four distinct dining experiences. Ainslie Italian Wine Bar and Beer Garden, which opened in a former warehouse on Sept. 12, slices its space into a rustic wine bar, an expansive beer hall, a cocktail lounge, and a relaxing rooftop patio,...
NoMad Italian restaurant showcases ‘forbidden’ mushroom
With all the competition in the New York restaurant business, the NoMad Italian eatery Cardoncello diVino is trying to stand out by being the only restaurant to offer the Cardoncello mushroom, which has unique features and a storied history. The restaurant, at 43 W. 27th St., between Broadway and Sixth Ave., opened last July. Several menu items inc...
Fatso's in Gates opens its XL restaurant; homemade Italian and tripe on the menu
It's a bar. It's an Italian restaurant. It's the new Fatso's XL. The new extra large Fatso's opened recently at 2351 Buffalo Road, the site of the old Rookie's. It's just down the road from its original location at 1370 Buffalo Road. After three years in business, owner Mike Angora decided it was time to expand the popular restaurant, bar and neigh...
Where to feast on authentic Italian food for $15 in Monroe County
Gates is home to many great Italian eateries. And many great Italian organizations. One of the two best deals on a meal can be found at the Italian American Community Center at 150 Frank Dimino Way off Manitou Road. It serves lunch every other Wednesday at noon and is open to the public. For $15, you can eat like a king. Start with antipasto with a...
Bay Shore's ITA Kitchen opens on Main Street
Downtown Bay Shore’s new sit-down Italian eatery swung its doors open on Thursday. ITA Kitchen, which is short for Italian American, started accepting patrons at 5 p.m. It is located in the old Gino’s Pizzeria at 45 West Main Street. It has been a longtime coming for ITA’s owner, Salvatore Sorrentino, who has longed wanted to open a restaurant in t...
"Feast of the Seven Fishes". A Brooklyn-Italian’s Recipes Celebrating Food & Family By Daniel Paterna
In Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn-Italian's Recipes Celebrating Food and Family (powerHouse Books from Penguin Random House, November 5, 2019) , Daniel Paterna takes you on a magical journey into a hidden world. Through recipes handed down in his family, stunning photos taken by the author himself, and three generations of memories, Paterna...
The Alchemy of Italy with Travel Writer, Lecturer and Award-Winning Author Carla Gambescia
Saturday October 12 2019. 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. NYC Flatiron, 200 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010. $110.00. What is it about Italy? Cultural superpower, yet merely a mountainous Mediterranean peninsula, Italy has exerted an outsized force on Western civilization and the popular imagination over the course of millennia. Discover why and learn about Italian...
How this father-son team makes NYC’s most legendary mozzarella
Spencer Alben: On Arthur Avenue, also known as New York City's real Little Italy, you'll find the appropriately nicknamed King of Mozzarella, who, accompanied by his son, churns out the best mozzarella and Italian deli sandwiches this side of the Atlantic. Customer: Been coming here for about 20 years, and it's the best Italian food on Arthur Avenu...
109-Year-Old Little Italy Cheese Shop Di Palo’s Now Has a Wine Bar Next Door
On Friday, September 13, while the rest of Little Italy poured into the streets for the Feast of San Gennaro, Di Palo’s Fine Foods — one of the oldest surviving shops in the neighborhood — opened its new wine bar without fanfare. C. Di Palo, the first time that the 109-year-old family business is serving its cheese in a restaurant setting, is conne...
Felice inaugurates flagship restaurant Felice 56 in NY’s Chambers Hotel
All-day Tuscan dining destination, Felice, unveiled the opening of its new flagship restaurant, Felice 56, on Wednesday. It is located inside the Chambers Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant, complete with an authentic Italian café, wine and cocktail lounge and main dining room, will continue to bring Italian sensibility to Ne...
Fuhgeddaboudit It Food: Little Cupcake Bakeshop
A bakery in Bay Ridge is celebrating nearly 15 years of business, and its signature chocolate cake continues to be a big hit. At Little Cupcake Bakeshop all the cakes are handmade. "No machines are making anything here," says head baker Salvatore Lobuglio.Lobuglio says he and his family used childhood memories as inspiration to open the Bay Ridge s...