Eataly Launches Line of Meals-to-Go
Walk into either Eataly location in New York City, and you’re likely to see mobs of tourists, and long lines to pick up either one of their handmade sandwiches or a slice of their fresh focaccia bread. Venture around the store, and you’ll find stalls set up selling gelato, fresh pasta, a glass case full of cheese, and what is probably some of the b...
Harold Dieterle’s Gluten-Free Italian Restaurant Has Arrived
Gluten-free eaters have a big new restaurant to try with the opening of Tali & Tali Dolce, an entirely gluten-free Italian restaurant, bar, bakery, and ice cream shop from consulting chef Harold Dieterle that has officially debuted in Kips Bay. Tali focuses on the savory side of things, with tons of dishes that aren’t usually associated with gluten...
A Nutella cafe is coming to NYC next year
Super fans of Italian hazelnut-cocoa spread Nutella have something to go nutty over: an all-Nutella cafe is expected to open in Greenwich Village. The city's latest single-subject restaurant will take the ground floor of a new Morris Adjmi–designed condominium building at 116 University Place when it opens next year with a 2,200-square-foot Nutella...
Lidia Bastianich ‘Needs to Have her Hands Close to the Ground’ — in Queens
Queens isn’t known for its gardens but Lidia Bastianich has maintained her own in the borough — Douglaston, to be specific, her residence of 30-plus years. It’s here that she’s planted an heirloom garden, shaped by her growing up in Istria, formerly Italian, now Croatian, across the water from Italy-at-large. While what she’s growing may not be ser...
Brooklyn native Dino Angelo Luciano reaches MasterChef finale, shines on worldwide stage
The Brooklyn Eagle first interviewed the colorful and multi-talented Dino Angelo Luciano, who was born in Brooklyn, at the end of June. He was just beginning his journey as a contestant on season eight of “MasterChef,” Fox’s popular weekly television cooking competition hosted by Chef Gordon Ramsay with judges Christina Tosi and Chef Aaron Sanchez....
A Brooklyn Chef Wants to Make ‘Calabrese’ Pizza New York’s Next Great Pie Style
The chef Roberto Aita took a trip to his childhood home in Calabria in August with a mission: learn everything he could about the simple-but-delicious pizza his “nonna” used to make, baked in a deep pan with chili and freshly squeezed tomatoes, surrounded by olive oil so it tastes almost fried. What he learned after going back is that the pizza has...
The Roman Pinsa Is the New Pizza
Rome is having a moment nationwide and in New York in particular, with the opening of Danny Meyer spots — Marta, Martina, which opened last month, and Caffe Marchio, the Roman-style cafe that opened today. Yet there’s more from Rome that’s edging into the market, particularly the pinsa, a flatbread made with a combination spelt-rice-wheat dough and...
Fratelli's Trattoria offers northern Italian cuisine in Croton-on-Hudson
The experience the newly-opened Fratelli's Trattoria wants to deliver is "basically, home away from home," co-owner John Lluka said. The eatery, which he said specializes in northern Italian cuisine, opened about a month ago in the 8 Old Post Road space that Hopscotch restaurant used to occupy. It's a visible location in the heart of the village's...
Serving a slice of Pueblo, NY; Angelo's celebrates 20 years in business
It's New York-based pizza with a little Pueblo flare, "And-a-More." Angelo's Pizza Parlor And-a-More, which celebrated its 20-year anniversary on Aug. 14, has become one of the hallmark restaurants along the cool waters of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo. The name of the popular pizza joint -- which claims to have served 1,642,018 pizzas...
A Look at Caffe Marchio, Danny Meyer’s Casual Roman Cafe Opening Monday
It’s been a year of casual restaurant openings for Danny Meyer and Union Square Hospitality Group — places like Martina and Daily Provisions that are intended to feed more people, faster, for less money. Next up in the mix is Caffe Marchio, a new Roman-style stand-up coffee bar in the Redbury Hotel, opening on Monday. Like Union Square Cafe’s siste...
Fuhgeddaboudit Food: Lioni Italian Heroes
Lioni Italian Heroes shop in Bensonhurst has been making deli sandwiches for decades. With over a 150 sandwiches on the menu, most named after famous Italian-Americans, owner Paul DiSpirito says the most famous has to be the Sinatra. "The most popular famous Italian-American is Frank Sinatra, and there was some research done, Frank Sinatra loved sa...
Brooklyn Pizzeria Roberta's to Open Design District Pop-Up
In the past six months, two sought-after New York-based pizzerias set up shop in Miami. Pizza Tropical opened at Gramps in Wynwood, and Artichoke Basille's took over the kitchen at Ricky's in South Beach. Now, Roberta's, a popular Brooklyn restaurant and pizza joint based in Bushwick, will open a pop-up shop in the Design District this October. Loc...