Patrizia’s, Italian Restaurant Chain, Opens Its Doors in Maspeth
Bustling Grand Avenue has just gained a new attraction with the long-anticipated opening of Patrizia’s, a New York-area chain of Italian restaurants. Patrizia’s, known for its abundant menu of fresh Italian dishes, opened its doors at its 69-35 Grand Ave. location in Maspeth today, months after the restaurant announced that it was working to expand...
Italian-American Trattoria Atto Opening in 8K SF—Roof Deck Included—at Tuscany Hotel
Italian-American restaurant Atto has signed a lease for 8,000 square feet at the Tuscany Hotel at 120 East 39th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. The Murray Hill space includes 4,000 square feet at grade and a 4,000-square-foot roof deck, as The New York Post first reported. The lease is for 15 years, according to Meridian Capital Group re...
Pasta Making in NYC Taken To Next Level
When you think of a pasta making class, most would imagine it taking place in a basic culinary school setting. The highly reviewed restaurant Scarpetta took that concept and enveloped it within a three-course gourmet meal and wine experience, all inside the modern interiors of their NoMad district location in New York City. The opportunity to enjoy...
How Rita Sodi and Jody Williams Created Some of New York's Most Beloved Dining Spaces
If you’ve ever been to Via Carota, Rita Sodi and Jody Williams’ perpetually packed Italian restaurant in New York City’s Greenwich Village, and had to use the restroom, you’ve probably noticed a certain bronze horse head mounted on the wall across from the toilet. It’s a bag hook, and it’s one of many playful, practical fixtures that fill the six e...
Watertown's Beloved Spaziani Bread Comes Home
If you're from the Watertown area, you may recognize Spaziani bread wrappers. But you're probably asking yourself how can that be? Spaziani Bakery closed years ago. It turns out the family's traditional Italian bread recipe survived. Tony Spaziani, grandson of the bakery's original owner, Guy Spaziani, has been making it and serving it at his resta...
Mario’s Restaurant on Arthur Avenue Celebrates Centennial
From a booth back near the kitchen, Joe Migliucci presides over the restaurant his family has owned and operated for over 100 years. A family crest hangs over the door where his daughter Regina Miggliucci-Delfino greets customers. To her left is a series of paintings and pictures showing her grandparents and great-grandparents. Mario’s Restaurant w...
Da Bari vecchia a Brooklyn, l'antica gelateria Gentile conquista New York: "In gelato we trust"
Dal cuore di Bari vecchia al cuore di New York, esportando la bontà del gelato barese.Da diversi anni la storica gelateria Gentile - con una tradizione di famiglia che parte nel 1880 - ha aperto una succursale americana nella 'Grande Mela'.Una storia che inizia a maggio del 2015, quando viene aperta la prima sede sulla 5th Avenue, nella zona di Wil...
Campania coal-fired pizza coming to Dongan Hills
If all goes well with construction, Campania will fire up its coal-and-gas oven in Dongan Hills come fall. This will be New York City’s fourth such Italian restaurant known for its pleasantly charred pizza roasted with house-made mozzarella, freshly grated cheese and toppings sliced to order. The new eatery will be located at 1801 Hylan Blvd., a 10...
Dalla Calabria alla conquista dell'America. Il successo dei ''Nduja Brothers'
Il sapore di casa. La cucina internazionale negli ultimi anni ha scoperto la ‘nduja e se ne è perdutamente innamorata. Celeberrima pietanza calabrese piccante, la ‘nduja nel 2016 ha ottenuto un boom soprattutto a Londra e New York. “Sta bene con tutto, dalla burrata ai crostacei alla pizza, e si abbina bene alla pasta. È come se fosse un olio picc...
Prime 1024 review: Long-awaited Italian steakhouse dazzles in Roslyn
Prime 1024 is the newest and biggest 18-karat setting on the Gold Coast. It dazzles. This high-ceiling, silver-and-gray-hued extravaganza combines Long Island’s two favorite cuisines, Italian and steakhouse, with flamboyance, stylish appointments and enough glitzy chandeliers to illuminate Northern Boulevard. It’s an opulent mashup, as large as an...
Ralph’s Italian Ices makes return to Manhattan
The 85-year-old dessert company Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream is making its way back to Manhattan. The Staten Island-based dessert chain, just signed a 10-year lease for 400 s/f at 362 2nd Avenue in Gramercy. ABS Partners Real Estate’s Dean Valentino and Mark Tergeson represented the tenant and the building owner, Akelius. Ralph’s has out...
Barca Brings Manhattan-Style Dining to Staten Island
It’s tempting to underestimate Staten Island, a borough whose main attractions include a public park built on a landfill called Fresh Kills. The other night at Barca, a new Italian seafood restaurant in Stapleton, a neighborhood on the island’s northeastern coast, a server couldn’t resist delivering a self-deprecating, faux-pretentious riff on the...