Pistola Is An Updated Take On A 1950s, NYC-Style Italian Steakhouse
If you pass by Pistola on Third Street in the Fairfax District, you won't be able to miss it. The Italian restaurant and steakhouse that recently took over AOC's old location now looks like the front of a steel barn, painted in a matte black. A simple white "Pistola" sign hangs to the right of the sleek building. The joint, which opened last month...
Here's a Taste of Laurent Tourondel's Italian-Inspired Debut, L'Amico
by Sara Ventiera On a recent Sunday night, a cacophonous buzz spilled out of the dining room at L'Amico (849 Avenue of the Americas; 212-201-4065), through the open doors and out onto the Chelsea street. Tourists and locals traipsed across the neutral multi-hued triangular tiles, trying to get a peek at the action between courses. ...
Saints and Foods of New York
Giovedì 21 Febbraio 201318.30 A 21.30 Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus 113 W 60th St.113 W 60th St. SOUTH LOUNGE, 2nd Floor, New York, NY (map) Dear Friends, We are very happy to invite you to: "Santi e cibo nella Cultura Italo Americana""Saints and Foods in the Italian American Culture" February 21 6:30 PM at Fordham Universit...
A First Look at Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette's Toro
It was 15 months ago that news surfaced like a sperm whale rising out of the ocean that Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette, Boston's chefly Dynamic Duo, were going to open a branch of their hit tapas joint Toro in New York. Imminently. A friend and I soon shot up there to check out the Boston original to get the jump on other New Yorkers. W...
Anella is a classic Italian restaurant in Greenpoint
by Paul Schultz Anella raises a question: When does a classic become a cliché? Or vice versa? It's hard to fault a welcoming neighborhood restaurant simply because the menu is dominated by dishes from years (and even decades) past. Particularly when those plates are executed perfectly and given a fresh spin. Anella opened in...
Have You Admired Have & Meyer, an Italian Cocktail Bar Coming to Williamsburg?
by Ashley Mason Williamsburg's new Have & Meyer is not what you'd expect from a typical Tuscan restaurant. The bar boasts an impressive selection of single malts—a favorite for its Florence-born bar manager Andrea Alessandrini. "We didn't aim to bring the Italian concept here," he says. "We wanted to bring what we like to the table."...
Harry Mariani, Pioneering Importer and Champion of Italian Wine, Dies at 78
by Mitch Frank Harry Mariani, the former president of Banfi Vintners who helped introduce many Americans to Italian wine, died Jan. 5 in Huntington, N.Y. He was 78. Working with his older brother John, Mariani built their family wine import firm into a major player beginning in the 1970s and '80s with a sparkling red Lambrusco called Riunite....
Capizzi Ristorante: A heartwarming American dream in Great Kills
By now Staten Islanders are no doubt familiar with Capizzi, the restaurant that not only serves up authentic Italian cuisine, but transcends the dimensions of time — in more ways than one. The popular Great Kills dining spot flashes back to an era when grandma rolled pasta by hand, baked homemade breads and cookies and simmered sauce creat...
La Bottega Italian Gourmet
Since it opened just one year ago, La Bottega has become the local favorite of many Astorians and Queens residents alike who come for the excellent paninis, homemade soups, salads, pasta dishes, entrees, gourmet coffees and desserts. La Bottega has it all, seven days a week from 10:30 am until 10pm on weeknights and 11pm on weekends. Now they do a...
Il pasticciere Nicola Fiasconaro celebre per il panettone "Made in Sicily" vuole l'Accademia di arte culinaria
By Riccardo Chioni Di passaggio a New York proveniente dal Fancy Food di San Francisco, il maestro pasticciere siciliano Nicola Fiasconaro ci ha incontrato al ristorante Felidia di Lidia Bastianich nella Upper East Side, dove all'ingresso un maitre si è fatto incontro dicendogli "il suo panettone alla crema di pistacchio è una delizia unica". La...
Brooklyn woman changing name to Princess Chocolatto
ALL HAIL the royalty of rich chocolate beverages. The owner of Brooklyn-based Dolce Vite plans to change her legal name to Princess Chocolatto, fusing her identity with the Italian-style hot chocolate that has become her life. "My customers call me that anyway, so I figured I'd make the change," the popular Park Slope figure told the Dail...
Ancora Barilla a New York. Apre il terzo ristorante nella Grande Mela
Gli italiani a New York, una presenza costante da più di un secolo. Portare la cucina del bel Paese negli Stati Uniti è un trend in voga dai primi del Novecento, ma è solo negli ultimi decenni che grandi brand del settore food&wine hanno invaso la Grande Mela. L'ultima in ordine di tempo è Barilla, con la sua terza apertura a Manhattan...