ItalianFood Awards USA 2018 at Summer Fancy Food Show
The Italian Food Awards land for the second time in the United States to celebrate the most innovative Italian food and beverage products for the US market. Awards for innovation The Italian Food Awards USA 2018 is organized by ItalianFood.net – the international, integrated B2B project by Parma-based Publisher Gruppo Food – supported by the Specia...
Macchina: A Trendy Italian Pocket of North Gramercy Park
You're at dinner, seated across from someone you like sharing dinners with—the two of you savoring a couple of Saffron Vespers. Nice shirt, by the way. Your date rattles off a few things they'd like: oven-fried garlic knots smothered in everything bagel seasoning. Avocado bruschetta. Another round, this time of Macchina martinis, with herbs and ol...
Raffaele Ronca, da Napoli a NY: “Porto l’Italia sulle tavole della Grande Mela”
Napoletano di sangue e di cuore, chef per passione e vocazione, Raffaele Ronca fa il bis dopo il successo del suo “Rafele” ristorante con anima e corpo nel Sud Italia inaugurato nel 2012 nel West Village. Sarà a Rye, nel Westchester, e porterà avanti la formula di successo che lo chef napoletano ha già collaudato nella Grande Mela: una cucina vera,...
Fast casual to fine dining: 4 new spots to score Italian eats in New York City
If you've got Italian fare on the brain, you're in luck: we've found the freshest New York City eateries to quell your cravings. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're in the mood for Italian food. Fluem Pasta (241 Pearl St., Financial District): Fluem Pasta is a fast-casual Italian spot that offers house-made al dente pasta t...
Discovering Franciacorta: Cork On The Road
Just this week, the Franciacorta New York Festival was held in the historic Redbury Hotel in New York City. Sponsored by the 200-member consortium of Franciacorta producers, the event aimed to spread the word about this lesser known sparkling Italian wine through educational seminars and tastings. Open to consumers and the trade, about 35 wineries...
This restaurant has a jaw-dropping way to serve food
Fortina‘s new special begins with a server spilling food right on top of your table, without a dish in sight. A massive pot of steaming, cheesy polenta is dumped straight onto one of the Italian restaurant’s long seating areas. Next comes the wood-fired asparagus and broccolini, slow-roasted pork, meatballs and entire femurs full of goopy bone marr...
Caffe Classico opens in Yonkers
Caffe Classico celebrated its grand opening in Yonkers on Wednesday. The Italian restaurant at 887 Midland Ave. sits next to the Sons of Italy building and it serves traditional Italian dishes. Salads range from $8 for a mixed salad of endive, radicchio arugula dressed in vinaigrette to $12 for a mix of arugula, pear and gorgonzola cheese. Pizzas r...
Cena 081 review: Italian restaurant brings a taste of Naples to Westbury
Cena 081's surname is the area code of Naples. The spirited restaurant has your number, too. Starring Italian-American and Italian specialties, Cena 081 sends out favorites in generous portions with hospitable style. It's an upbeat, colorful, satisfying successor to the flashy Chi Dining Lounge. It channels a very different chi. Owner Joe Stasi and...
Old-school Italian eatery coming to Saratoga Springs
Solevo Kitchen & Social Club, inspired by Italian supper clubs in 1950s Las Vegas, is being developed for a fall opening at 55 Phila St., a commercial space on the ground floor of the new Spencer Condominiums. It is just up the block from Hattie’s Restaurant and Caffe Lena. The owners are Giovannina Solevo and her chef-brother, Ronald Solevo, who a...
A Littler Italy: Carmenta's Italian Specialties is not your typical corner Deli
When one thinks of Bushwick, the words "graffiti" or "hipsters" probably come to mind. When one thinks of food in the neighborhood, quite a few pizza places, authentic taco spots, solid bodega sammies, and a variety of cuisines in between may make your mouth water. While yes, the neighborhood has a plethora of awesome options for food, there reall...
BREAKING: John Travolta to return to Lenny’s Pizza
Give him two slices – and an award. Forty-one years after “Saturday Night Fever” changed the game for southern Brooklyn, its leading man will be returning to the borough he helped make famous. On Tuesday, June 12, John Travolta will stop by Lenny’s Pizza, 1969 86th St., to receive a special achievement award from State Sen. Marty Golden, and be cel...
Acquista Trattoria
Acquista Trattoria was packed on a recent Wednesday evening as the setting sun cast a warm, golden glow over the lovely dining room. This corner restaurant, perched at the intersection of Union Turnpike and 178th Street, opened in 2001 by Fabio Acquista and has reigned supreme for its classic Italian cuisine made from scratch and served with pride...