The oldest Italian bakeries and pastry shops in NYC
by Georgia Kral Step back in time and give your taste buds a treat by visiting these bakeries and pastry shops. Italian breads and pastries are a true delight, and we're not surprised at all that so many of these business have been around for so long.Here are some of the city's oldest... (Did we miss your favorite? Tell us in the comments!...
Eataly's stalled office relocation and new 4 WTC market
It's taking longer than expected for Eataly to move its corporate headquarters closer to its flagship Italian marketplace on Fifth Avenue. Some are speculating that the delay may be tied to stalled plans for Eataly to take possession of new retail space at 4 World Trade Center, according to the New York Post. But it's unclear how they are linked....
Costata Pays Homage to the NY-Italian Steakhouse
by John Mariani Tweaking is as important to a serious new restaurant as tuning is to a violin. So, after an opening two years, Costata is now a better restaurant for the changes that have been made to the three-story premises, which include better lighting, more colorful artwork, and a far more affable service staff. Costata is very much...
Tra i tavoli di Soho la “bagna caoda” conquista i newyorkesi
I ristoranti di cucina italiana non mancano a New York. Più difficile invece trovare l'autentica cucina piemontese. Questo fino a quando sei amici, cinque torinesi e un nativo di Tortona, hanno deciso di farsi ambasciatori delle specialità della loro terra nella grande mela. Un'idea nata in una serata in compagnia di fronte a un buon bicch...
The old Savoia: Now that’s Italian!
by Ron Marzlock The Savoia, steeped in the tradition of great Italian restaurants and superior cuisine, served everyone from monsignors from Rome to Willie Mays of the New York Mets. The building it was in, on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, started out in life as the Hong Hand Laundry. In 1939 The Savoia was born and started serving visitor...
On Chippewa, Frankie Primo’s offers a sophisticated touch of Italy
A restaurateur returns from Italy with dreams of reproducing the trip's most memorable meals. It's a restaurant cliché old as candle-corked Chianti bottles. Yet Frankie Primo's +39, inspired by Jay Manno's tour of Rome and the Amalfi Coast, does more than avoid cliché. It provides a zone of respite and rejuvenation in a sheltered nook off of one of...
Lidia Bastianich “In cucina (e in tv) faccio incontrare l’America e l’Italia”
di Paolo Mastrolilli In Usa è la "conduttrice culinaria dell'anno". Lidia Bastianich, come mai questo premio proprio a lei e al suo programma tv dedicato alla cucina italiana, con tutta la concorrenza? «Per la mia passione di educare, credo. La cucina italo-americana ormai è una cosa a sé, molto diversa da quella originale. Una cultu...
Di Palo's: the story behind the store, the family and the food
Di Palo's Fine Foods has been selling Italian cheeses and other products on the corner of Grand and Mott streets in Little Italy since 1925. How has the family done it? According to Lou Di Palo, it's because of the emphasis on the customer. Di Palo explains this philosophy in his book "Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy," which is out...
Giacobbi’s Cucina Citta
After his family's decades-old, Transit Road restaurant, Carmine's, burned to the ground last year, Michael Jacobbi took the opportunity to capitalize on Buffalo's continuing momentum to open a new operation within city limits. That restaurant, Giacobbi's Cucina Citta, served its first meal to downtown patrons in late May. Located on Allen Street...
Eataly Hosts Italian And American Chefs For Cooking Demos, Six-Course Dinners
American chefs and their Italian counterparts are teaming up once again for the fourth annual Identita New York, a three day series of cooking demonstrations and fancy dinners taking place in early October at Eataly. Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud and Sara Jenkins are a few of the chefs representing the States with Massimo Bottura, Mauro Ulia...
Grande successo per Vinitaly International a New York
Grande successo per la prima tappa 2014 di Vinitaly International che, proprio ieri, ha animato il Metropolitan Pavillion di New York con la presenza di oltre 110 cantine italiane affiancate dai principali importatori locali. Nel corso dell'evento, inaugurato con la tradizionale Cerimonia d'apertura alla presenza del Console Generale della...
10 best Italian markets and bakeries in Upstate NY
By Chuck D'Imperio October is Italian-American Heritage Month, but it shouldn't just be celebrated on Columbus Day. Upstate New York is home to a large population of Italian families. In fact, New York State has the largest population of Italian-Americans than any other state except New Jersey. Even the small city of Rome, N.Y., has a pop...