Scampi, From Altamarea Group Alumnus, Opens in Flatiron District
SCAMPI Once he found the space, PJ Calapa, a chef who was formerly with Michael White’s Altamarea Group, did not take long to open his dream restaurant. About eight months might be some kind of record. Polished pale concrete on the floor and the bar, and generous windows, make for an airy setting. There are touches of blue, including on some of the...
Sola Pasta Bar launches a new seasonal "Influencer NYC Pasta Challenge" to elect the best pasta dish of New York's influencer community
Sola Pasta Bar, new pasta bar in the heart of Soho, launches the "Influencer NYC Pasta Challenge" in collaboration with Urbani Truffles. Over the course of the upcoming four seasons, the initiative will elect the best pasta dish of the year, as chosen by New York's food influencers community. How does it work? Over 40 social media influencers.16 pa...
Pasta, pasta e ancora pasta: così New York si è fatta conquistare dai nostri piatti
È pasta-mania a New York. L’ultima sfida dei ristoratori italiani è già una tendenza: per differenziarsi nel mercato newyorchese, tutti alla ricerca di format che rappresentino la novitá nel mercato. La pasta è indubbiamente il piatto italiano più famoso e apprezzato dagli americani, ma oggi quello che conta è il cambiamento nella tradizione. A far...
'We tasted some amazing things' at Mangino's Ristorante
The best table, in front of the welcoming fireplace, had a little “Reserved” sign on it. We had resigned ourselves to a table in Siberia, when the hostess picked up the sign and invited us to sit. We’d been upgraded. It was a pleasant start to a great evening at Mangino’s Ristorante, where we tasted some amazing things. Mangino’s is going on 70 thi...
Virgola - Oysters & Italian Wine Bar location in the works for Patchogue Village
What started in a small space in lower New York City just four years ago has quickly grown into a multi-restaurant franchise operation with locations across the U.S. Three more Virgola Oysters & Italian Wine Bar spots are in the works. And on that list is Patchogue Village. “I’m proud of how the concept travels so well,” said Virgola founder Joseph...
Mario Carbone’s Feast of the Seven Fishes
When chef Mario Carbone’s great-grandparents on his father’s side migrated from Sicily, they may have been leaving their homes, but not everything was left behind. As with many Italians, their culinary customs made the trek across the Atlantic. “Most of the migration to the U.S. happened from southern Italians, who had less money and were looking f...
Siciliana la migliore cucina di New York, Tripadvisor incorona catanese Philip Guardione
Il sito Tripadvisor incorona “Piccola Cucina Osteria” come il miglior ristorante italiano di New York, all’interno della top 10 dei locali newyorkesi piu’ amati. Le recensioni dei clienti premiano il ristorante che ha aperto nel 2013 ed e’ diventato un punto di riferimento sia per gli americani, sia per gli italiani che possono trovare qui il posto...
This pizza is made from a 1,000-year-old recipe
The best pizza in Italy? It’s in New York City, of course. Well, officially, it’s in Southern Italy — either in pizza king Naples or in Tramonti, a tiny coastal town that gives its big-city neighbor a run for its dough. But southern Manhattan has the next-best thing at Tramonti La Pizza pizzeria, on Saint Mark’s Place. There, chef Giovanni Vittorio...
Fausto Opens in Old Franny’s Space This Week
Restaurateur-sommelier Joe Campanale and chef Erin Shambura, both late of L’Artusi, had been searching earlier this year for the perfect Brooklyn location to open their own place. Then came the call from Francine Stephens, with the shocker that she and her husband, Andrew Feinberg, would be closing local landmark Franny’s, and did they want the spa...
M’O Il Gelato – Authentic gelateria
I love Mulberry Street. My great-grandfather was born there in 1916, back when it was truly an Italian-speaking neighborhood. Most of the Italians have since moved up and out to Long Island or New Jersey, but there are still plenty of spots where you can step out of Little Italy and into the old country, and M’O Il Gelato is one of them. Finding ge...
Little Shops on Hudson: Turiello’s Italian Restaurant
Strategically located at the corner of Main and Broadway in downtown Nyack, Turiello’s Italian Restaurant has been in the village since 1980 under the ownership of Girolamo (Nino) Turiello. When asked where he lives, he says in the store, although his real home is in Brooklyn. Nino came to America in 1972 from Bari, Puglia in Italy. In Bari they ma...
La Fontana Sorellena: Sneak peek at new Annadale restaurant
If there ever were a classic Staten Island restaurant, the Fauci family's La Fontana in Oakwood might fit that description. The Italian eatery has thrived since 1983, garnering a huge fan base primarily from its longevity, familiar faces among the service staff and its solid reputation for consistent (and delicious) food. Now, they're ready for the...