A new New York Pizza Festival is coming, and this time it's real
Whether it's the $1 slices that keep us upright during a Lower East Side bar crawl, the deliciously puffy Detroit-style squares at Emily or the Marta’s thin-crust Roman pies, New Yorkers love every kind of pizza. So people were never going to give up on the idea of a New York Pizza Festival — and it looks like the right organizers are making it hap...
Old-school Italian stands test of time at Bosco’s
“Go west, young woman,” the caravan leader advised me. So I Googled my way to Bosco’s Family Restaurant, a watering hole in Amsterdam. Sidekick Johnny Concho parked the buckboard in the lot across the street. A modest structure on a city corner in northwest Amsterdam, Bosco’s welcomed us hungry travelers with large block red neon-lit letters shouti...
Piazza d'Estate: Summer Italian Vibes, Cocktails, and Wines
Experience an authentic Italian summer at Piazza d'Estate, our lively Italian square featuring seasonal bites, refreshing cocktails, and chilled wines. Summer has officially taken over Eataly NYC Flatiron La Piazza, our jovial Italian square located in the heart of our marketplace, with Piazza d'Estate! The seasonal take over features an all-new me...
D’Angelos: Drive-in Sausage
New York’s street food vendors usually ply their trade where potential customers congregate. On side streets in midtown Manhattan, they set up four and five abreast for the weekday lunch rush. During warm-weather weekends, they feed footballers and their fans outside ball fields in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook and East New York. In Queens...
This beautiful NYC landmark has pizza and bocce
You don’t have to be a whiz at bocce, the Italian lawn game, to enjoy Bocce USQ, the new pizza-driven, indoor/outdoor cafe that’s taken over the Union Square Pavilion. While a few customers toss balls in a tiny gravel court, many more happily wolf down crowd-pleasing pizza ($16 to $20) and share plates ($12 to $21). The Pavilion has had its ups and...
DeLuca's of Tottenville branches into bocce, outdoor dining this weekend
After 11 months in business and roughly 30,000 meatballs later at DeLuca's in Tottenville, Rob DeLuca announces the Italian restaurant's expansion. "I added about 60 seats with the outdoor dining with room to add more," said Rob. It debuts this weekend with the regular ala carte menu. And DeLuca built a bocce court, a springboard from which he will...
Gino Sorbillo torna a New York e rilancia: «Prima Miami, poi il bis nella Grande Mela»
Gino Sorbillo è tornato. Ha negli occhi il guizzo di sempre, quello del genio di una Napoli che vuole farcela anche in America: la sua. Sorride di sogni. È carico, ma al tempo stesso gentile. Come è abituato ad essere, del resto. Come è lui.Manhattan lo ha accolto srotolando il tappeto rosso delle grandi occasioni. L’evento di inaugurazione del loc...
Global Italian Trattoria Chain Bice Returns to NYC With Huge Midtown Space
Popular Midtown Italian trattoria Bice Cucina — started in Milan in 1926, brought to New York City in 1987, and now a global brand — makes its return to NYC on Wednesday. Co-owner Peter Guimaraes and his partners are relaunching the restaurant today at 62 West 55th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, around the corner from where it originally was...
Mama’s Of Corona Serves Up Fresh Mozzarella And Old-Time Tradition
About 85 years ago, Irene DeBenedittis’s Italian grandparents opened Leo’s Latticini, an iconic deli in Corona, Queens. “Corona was, at that time, country, and it was farms. It was not like it is today,” Irene said. Today, Irene co-owns the shop with her sisters Marie and Carmela. They live upstairs, just above the deli and the recently added baker...
Fresco Italian Kitchen in Greece surprises with savory flavors, restaurant review
Fresco Italian Kitchen, a new takeout Italian eatery in Greece, has been building steam since it opened last December. I’ve been keeping tabs on this "dinners-only" eatery via social media, and my family and I ate there recently on a Tuesday evening. It's located in a converted house on Stone Road and has parking in the back. Although Fresco Itali...
Michelin-starred chef Massimo Sola to cook at Dopo la Spiaggia in East Hampton and Sag Harbor
A Michelin-starred chef from Italy, who has been cooking in Manhattan for the last three years, is spending the summer in the kitchens at Dopo la Spiaggia in East Hampton and Sag Harbor. In May, Massimo Sola joined forces with childhood friend and owner of Dopo, Maurizio Marfoglia, to bolster the menu at both locations. The two Italian chefs grew u...
A Nutella Cafe is officially coming to New York City
If you’re ever spent any time in Europe, you know the wonders of Nutella. Across the Atlantic, the creamy chocolate-hazelnut spread serves many of the same functions as peanut butter, enhancing toast and baked goods of all kinds.The product created by Italian confectioner Pietro Ferrero as a cheaper alternative to chocolate after World War II keeps...