How to Celebrate Valentine's Day at Eataly NYC Downtown
Did you know that San Valentino was Italian? It's true: the patron saint of love spent much of his life in Roma. So...we like to think that we Italians know what we’re doing when it comes to amore. Whether you are celebrating out or at home, plan the perfect Valentine’s Day with all of our romantic Italian offerings at Eataly NYC Downtown!
Ventura's Restaurant to celebrate milestone anniversary
Ventura’s Restaurant will celebrate its 75th anniversary later this month. Along with the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce, the restaurant will have a celebratory ribbon-cutting with hors d'oeuvres at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30. “In 1943 my parents Rufus Sr. and my mother, Marie, started Ventura's Restaurant,” said Rufus J. Ventura Jr., known to...
New York's Mamo Has Matured, With A Little Less Buzz But Better Italian Cuisine
Buzz, like the irresistible smell of a new car, does not last forever, but a finely tuned, good-looking car can be a joy to those who appreciate the consistent delivery of what it was they loved about it the day they bought it. Mamo in Soho seems to have achieved that same effect on regulars, who once might have come for the celebrity clientele whe...
Tales of Italy Through One Small Wine Importer
Their mission: to deliver the nuances of each of Italy’s 526 wine appellations, which might otherwise stay beyond reach for wine drinkers in other places. Small-scale, dedicated importers are important suppliers of less-known bottles and crucial cultural resources, too, bearers of those places' innumerable details and possibilities. A boutique wine...
A Taste of Cioccolato
Chocolate lovers, rejoice! On Saturday, February 9 from 12-5 p.m. we're hosting an epic chocolate event at Eataly NYC Downtown featuring tastings, live demonstrations, our best chocolate producers, and wines by the glass to pair. Yes, chocolate dreams do come true. Join us for A Taste of Cioccolato at Eataly NYC Downtown! We've invited some of our ...
How the Slice Joint Made Pizza the Perfect New York City Food
Pizza can be a great divider in New York. In fact, one of the easiest ways to get into argument (without end) is to name a “best pizza in the city.” But at the same time, pizza — specifically the reheated, foldable, portable slice — is one of the city’s great uniters. There is no culinary experience that New Yorkers share more widely and more unani...
Dine Like Royalty at the New Z Prime Italian Steakhouse
At a time when everything seems to be rushed, it’s a joy to enter the new and stunning Z Prime Italian Steakhouse, to enjoy an upscale meal served with care in a luxurious setting. This corner of East Post Road has housed many restaurants through the years. The latest reincarnation is striking. Enter its doors. Are you in Dubai, Las Vegas or perhap...
Longshoreman Serves Up Pizza And Pastas At New Columbia Waterfront Spot
Brooklyn's Columbia Waterfront District is a quiet micro-neighborhood that feels more isolated than a glance at a map would suggest. Separated by the BQE from Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill to the east, cut off from Red Hook by the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the south, blocked from the actual waterfront by the shipping yard, it's not the sort of p...
La ricetta di “pasta faggioli” del sindaco La Guardia
Vi piace la pasta e fagioli? La evitate come un piatto pesante e poco raffinato, la mangiate pensando alla nonna o nelle nuove trattorie fighette, che hanno recuperato le vecchie ricette del passato? E poi, usate i borlotti o i cannellini, la salsa al pomodoro la mettete oppure no? Tutte queste domande avevano già ottenuto risposta più di 70 anni f...
A Tour of the Great ‘Sopranos’ Headshot Restaurants
I definitely pissed off a member of the Bamonte family. I didn’t mean to do it. I was trying to explain to Nicole Bamonte that I’m writing about how I will try, and likely enjoy, any establishment that displays one or more autographed photos of a cast member from The Sopranos, that it’s a seal of approval for me when I walk into a place in the Tri-...
A Roman Import in Soho Dishes One of the City’s Best New Margherita Pizzas
Pizza as we know it was invented in Little Italy at Lombardi’s in the earliest years of the 20th century, big communal pies lush with toppings that formed quite a contrast with the scrawny, sparsely dressed pies of Naples that inspired them. In the ensuing years, pizzas proliferated across New York City and around the country, some with quirky regi...
Now that Gruttadauria’s is closed, where to get Italian cookies and more
Now that Gruttadauria's Bakery has closed in Greece, and is heading for California, its loyal Rochester customers are bemoaning the loss of their favorite baked goods. The Italian cookies. The rainbow cookies. The rum cake. The cannoli. These aren't just baked goods. They are the flavors of special memories — of weddings, celebrations and holidays...