Zonin USA, Inc. Announces Expanded Portfolio Launch for its Castello del Poggio in the U.S. Market
Castello del Poggio, five year consecutive Hot Brand Award Winner, is proud to announce the launch of its expanded product portfolio of sweet wines. The winery’s flagship wine, Moscato IGT has enjoyed great success on the U.S. market, as the #1 selling Italian Moscato in national retail chains. The wine’s success inspired the winery to introduce a...
Manzella's restaurant to change name, keep Italian menu
The Manzella's sign will change to Fanara's in a few weeks, but don’t expect a dramatic shift inside the Tonawanda Italian restaurant. The restaurant at 3347 Delaware Ave. is updating its name after owner Joseph Fanara bought out a partner, Michelle Fanara said. "It's changing into Fanara's in the next couple weeks," she said. Chef Richard Balsano...
Nyack People & Places: Nino Turiello’s Pizza
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...
Oleificio Zucchi Dons the Stars and Stripes for Summer Fancy Food
When an all-Italian passion becomes export success: Oleificio Zucchi continues its conquest of the USA market as one of the stars of Summer Fancy Food 2017, North America's biggest exhibition for food buyers, to be held at the Javits Center in New York from June 25-27. Zucchi, which specializes in the production of expertly blended extra virgin oli...
Locale review: Sleek, casual Italian restaurant is at home in downtown Patchogue
Locale means “local.” It’s at home in downtown Patchogue. The transformation of Main Street into a dining destination briskly goes on via this sharp, new spot owned by Fabrizio Castelli and his family. They also operate the informal and flavorful Primo Piatto in Huntington. The cuisines and menus are similar if not identical, celebrating traditiona...
Armondo’s Italian Restaurant
Armondo’s has always been a classy, classic Italian restaurant serving excellent cuisine from all regions of Bella Italia. For the past 44 years, Armondo’s has been serving the Queens community as well as diners who travel from Manhattan, Long Island, and the tri-state area for a meal here. Besides the fantastic food and ambience, there’s Jerry Cri...
Founded by Staten Island cousins, Artichoke Basille's pizzeria goes up in smoke
A popular East Village pizzeria founded by former Staten Islanders went up in flames early Friday morning, according to a report. Artichoke Basille's pizza, located at East 14th Street near Second Avenue, hailed for their famous artichoke slice, went up in flames at 5:15 a.m., the report says. The fire began in the restaurant on the ground level an...
Eataly is bringing Italy to Westfield
You don’t have to be in Rome to eat as the Romans do. Eataly, an authentic Italian marketplace and restaurant, is finally coming to the West Coast: and exclusively to Westfield Century City. Opening the doors to the new store will reveal an experience like no other. Standing three stories tall, Eataly will feature a vast array of products to purcha...
San Remo Is a New Italian Eatery With a Split Personality
It might not seem like the best idea to open a New York destination with a dual personality. But that hasn’t hindered San Remo, Soho’s newest eatery. Starting at 8 a.m., the front café is buzzing with regulars picking up a cup of Lofted coffee and House of Waris Teas on the run, while the seats are filled with creative freelancers, tapping away at...
The Next Wave in Bushwick Pizza Is Santa Panza
Brooklyn’s most meteoric restaurant success in the last decade was Roberta’s. Starting out as a modest pizzeria with a wood-burning oven in an obscure corner of Bushwick, it swelled into an empire. Who can fault other rustic Naples-style pizzerias for trying to duplicate that success? Since Roberta’s founding in 2008, copycats have appeared in gent...
American Ballet Theatre's Pasta-Loving Ballerina Inspires A New York City Dish
Your fork will be doing pirouettes in this new plate of pasta. In honor of American Ballet Theatre's new season, which kicked off on May 15th at the Metropolitan Opera House, nearby restaurant Quality Italian has created a dish inspired by one dancer's favorite food: Pasta. Principal Isabella Boylston, who happens to be the youngest principal in th...
Italian restaurant Uncle Tony’s to open in Farmingdale
It’s time to visit your Uncle Tony’s. The restaurant and pizzeria is the newest addition to Farmingdale’s growing restaurant row on Main Street. After a major remodeling, Uncle Tony’s has opened in the former site of Cascarino’s. The grand opening is June 1 and will honor local police, firefighters, emergency medical service and first responders, s...