Bronx's Arthur Avenue Offers True Taste Of Italy
By Valarie D'Elia Don't get me wrong, I loved my recent trip back to my Italian roots. But when I learned that NYC & Co, the city's tourism arm, was reaching out to feature Arthur Avenue in the Bronx as part of its Neighborhood By Neighborhood campaign, I was there in a New York minute. It might seem like central casting, but it's the rea...
Celebrate Italian Heritage Month With Authentic Cocktails from Punzoné: The Only Ultra Premium Line of Organic Imported Italian Vodka
Punzoné, the first line of ultra-premium organic vodka to be introduced in the U.S., has a lot to celebrate this month. October marks Italian Heritage Month – a time when our country recognizes the achievements and contributions of Americans of Italian heritage and Italians in America. October also marks the anniversary for Punzoné, and to...
Eataly Elevates Food Retail, Tastes Success. What's Next?
The tourists stream in one after the other, converging from all directions. You can tell they're tourists not only by the cameras and the clothes—sweat-soaked T-shirts, faded polo shirts and drab sundresses no fashionable New Yorker would dream of wearing—but also by the goggle-eyed amazement on their faces as they drink the place in. It's almost a...
110-Year-Old De Robertis Caffe in New York City’s East Village to Close
De Robertis Pasticceria and Caffe, the East Village pastry shop that first opened its doors in 1904 and has since been immortalized on screen in Manhattan Murder Mystery, Spike Lee's Malcom X, and Sex and the City, will close its doors on December 5, reports Bedford and Bowery. The shop has been owned four generations of the De Robertis fa...
Michael Chiarello's Guide to Eataly
By Allison Beck Leave it to Dave Pasternack, the chef at Esca and Il Pesce at Eataly, to find the perfect description for it: "Studio 54, but in a supermarket, at night." Indeed, the Batali-Bastianich mega-temple of Italian food, Eataly, burst onto the scene this summer and has been thronged with people ever since. Food tourists w...
Mario’s named Lake George’s first business of the year
by Ryan Edwards Mario's Italian Restaurant has become a landmark in the Village of Lake George since first opening its doors in 1954. Now, still owned by the same family 61 years later, Mario's has been recognized by Village officials as the recipient of the first ever "Business of the Year" award. The award is not only a ref...
National Tortellini Day: Get the best 'belly buttons' on Staten Island
By Kathryn Carse National Tortellini Day is Saturday, Feb. 13. Yes, it's got the day all to itself. I know what you are thinking: "If there is a Tortellini Day, what isn't there a day for?" But the tortellini does not come unheralded. It's got Roman mythology and a fraternal society, La Dotta Confraternita del Tortellino (The Lea...
Top-Rated Italian Restaurants in Long Island
Long Island has been a hub of Italian-American culture for as long as Italians have settled in the tri-state area, and Italian-Americans make up the biggest percentage of the population of immigrant descendants in both Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to a study of the Long Island Italian-American community by Vincenzo Milione, a researcher a...
New York Italians Aperitivo - November 7, 2014 at 7:00 pm
We invite you to join us Friday November, 7 at Osteria del Principe for our "NEW YORK ITALIANS APERITIVO".Come meet and mingle with New York Italians partners, Italian companies and professionals, new and existing members. Stop by, enjoy a drink, some complimentary hors d'oeuvres and great networking ...Italian style! Read more S...
Qualcuno ha detto pizza napoletana?
Non credete a quelli che dicono che la pizza buona a New York non esiste. Mentono. Mettete tra i vostri link preferiti questo post e ricordatevi di consultarlo quando sarete qui. Vi dico quali sono i miei 5 ristoranti preferiti dove mangiare la vera pizza napoletana. Daniele ed io siamo due veri amanti della pizza, la mangiamo almeno una volt...
Google 'heatmap' reveals New York, Rome and Barcelona as the most photographed places on Earth
From the Empire State Building to the Blue Mosque, plenty of people take photographs of iconic architecture when on holiday.And now Google Maps' Panoramio 'heat map' of the world allows people to see the most photographed travel destinations. Three of the five most photographed places on the planet are in the EU, according to the popular service,...
A Foodie’s Guide to Eating Italian on Staten Island
As Williamsburg, Long Island City, Bushwick, and even Bedford-Stuyvesant become more gentrified (read: more expensive), New York transplants are asking the question: what is the next frontier? May I be so bold as to suggest Staten Island? Yes, I said it. Though once the butt of every joke, I predict that Staten Island will be the next area...