S.Pellegrino launches the 4th Edition of S.Pellegrino Young Chef
The impact of gastronomy is now being felt beyond the kitchen — recognizing this, S.Pellegrino announces the return of S.Pellegrino Young Chef, a global culinary competition that facilitates access to the gastronomy community, enabling young talents to demonstrate their personal beliefs. Applications for the first stage of the competition are now o...
Italian Table Talks / Chapter 4
Tuesday, February 12. 5:30 - 8:30PM EST. Cocktail Reception to follow the program. Casa ltaliana Zerilli-Marimò NYU, 24 West 12th Street New York NY 10011. Seats are limited, register now! Please RSVP by FRIDAY 2/8 to welcome@gruppo-italiano.com GRUPPO ITALIANO is honored to welcome the event's featured speaker: Eddie Yoon, founder of EddieWould Gr...
I viaggi del gusto in Calabria: Lidia Bastianich lancia il progetto a New York
Per il terzo anno consecutivo Lidia Bastianich è la testimonial d’eccezione per la Calabria, capace di galvanizzare l'attenzione della Stampa e degli stakeholders che contano durante l'evento al Jacob Javits Center di Manhattan. Al suo fianco in rappresentanza degli chef calabresi Nino Rossi, che ha ottenuto da poco una stella Michelin. Intorno a l...
Here’s How To Get Free Nutella on World Nutella Day
Wedged somewhere between New Year's and Valentine's Day is a very special but little-known holiday. Feb. 5, 2019 marks the 12th annual World Nutella Day and if you're a fan of the chocolatey-hazelnut concoction you might be excited to know that there are ways to score some free Nutella to celebrate this sweet holiday. Here's how to get free Nutella...
Joseph's Expanded Family Aims To Please Both Locals and Wall Streeters With Classic Italian Food
Comfort, a civilized ambience, attentive service, generosity of spirit. It seems such virtues once associated with good restaurants have been replaced by cramped, naked tables, ear-shattering noise, a “who-gets-what?” attitude and portions of food the size of a shoe polish tin. Indeed those virtues that once distinguished the joys of dining out are...
A Tavolo moves into former Brass Lantern building on Chenango Bridge Road
A local Italian restaurant is expanding its customer base at its new Chenango Bridge location. A Tavolo, formerly in Windsor, has moved into the former Brass Lantern building on Chenango Bridge Road. Since it opened in August, it has seen a significant increase in business and has had to hire additional staff. A Tavolo is owned by David Gatto and D...
Duecento Cocktail Lounge Opening in Italian Village
Local entrepreneurs Andrew Losinske and Ted Lawson (Bullwinkles Night Club) are injecting a bit of Italian flair into Italian Village. They’ll open up Duecento, Italian for “two-hundred,” on the corner of East Fourth Avenue and North Fourth Street this Saturday, Feb. 2. Losinske and Lawson took over the lease at 200 E. Fourth Ave. three years ago,...
West Village Italian Favorite Dell’anima Starts New Life in Food Hall Today
West Village neighborhood restaurant Dell’anima officially has a new home — in a food hall. The wine and pasta destination shuttered in December after a decade in the neighborhood, though with plans to relocate uptown to Hell’s Kitchen’s Gotham Market West. Now, chef-owner Andrew Whitney and partners Danir Rincon and Jacob Cohen have revived the re...
Leonti Is a ‘Boldly Creative’ Italian Restaurant on the UWS, Critic Says
New Yorker critic Hannah Goldfield really dug Leonti’s bread. The new Upper West Side restaurant by chef Adam Leonti serves a durum-wheat focaccia with a “burnished bronze” crust and an interior that’s “bubbled” and “stretchy.” The bread, made by the chef himself, is “magnificent,” she writes. But she enjoys the rest of her meal as well, describing...
Staten Island nightlife: A new look for Bruno's Bakery & Restaurant in Dongan Hills
We opted to stay close to home this weekend -- on Staten Island's East Shore that is -- and didn't have to travel too far to land at Bruno's Bakery & Restaurant, the divine Dongan Hills dining spot formerly referred to as Pasticceria Bruno -- where we were in for a pleasant surprise. There's been a change in the scenery at Bruno's with the sprawlin...
Angelina’s opening third Staten Island restaurant
After the success of Angelina’s Kitchen in New Springville, the mother-son team of Angelina and Vincent Malerba will continue to expand their brand, with plans to open a 5,500-square-foot eatery in The Boulevard, a new shopping center being built in New Dorp. “Angelina’s Kitchen has been incredibly successful since we opened two years ago. People l...
Legendary Former Da Silvano Space Now Has a New Italian Restaurant
The space of legendary Greenwich Village celebrity hangout Da Silvano now has a new Italian restaurant, from a chef who once worked at luxe fashion restaurant Armani Ristorante. Avena Downtown opens today at 260 Sixth Ave., between Bleecker and West Houston streets, serving pastas, appetizers such as a seared scallop with truffles, and entrees lik...