Gaia Italian Café
Many New York restaurants claim they serve "Italian food," and cite menu items such as pizza, spaghetti, and garlic bread as flimsy proof of such authenticity. Finding true Italian cuisine, however, requires some searching as most delectable finds do not come easy! Fortunately, there's a place on the Lower East Side where you can find deli...
The boot shaped country has left its footprint on the Big Apple! Take advantage this summer!
Italian Dine-Out may be over, but there are still so many ways to get your Italian fix this summer in NYC. Aside from venturing to Little Italy for amazing food and wine, there are also many places to visit and shop. Little Italy is known for its rich Italian history and culture right here in NYC. Along with the people who live there, many...
Dinner at Union Square Cafe
Danny Meyer is gracing the front line as one of NYC's most sought-after restaurateurs. He owns Shake Shack, Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard and the Gramercy Tavern, and his 1985 culinary pride — Union Square Café continues to deliver succulent Italian-American cuisine in a clean, relaxed setting just west of Union Square. Crowned #1 as New York's Mos...
At Sessanta in SoHo and L’Amico in Chelsea, Italy Is Merely a Diversion
by Pete Wells They prowl the city searching for nourishment and members of their own species. Often, they can be recognized by their feeding grounds. Birds of dignified plumage sit two by two in dim bistros and trattorias of upper Madison Avenue. Great beasts of prey stalk their gazelles at the teeming watering holes of the meatpacking di...
A Brooklyn Dining Institution With Roots in Both Italy and a Great Love
by Charlotte Druckman "We are the only ones left," the chef Anna Klinger reflects from a stool at Al di Là Vino, the bar next door to the trattoria of the same name, which she and her Italian husband Emiliano Coppa opened in Brooklyn's Park Slope nearly 16 years ago. "This stretch of Fifth Avenue was a dicey neighborhood." She ges...
L’eccellenza gastronomica pugliese trionfa negli USA. C’è anche San Giovanni Rotondo
Si è conclusa con successo "La Puglia colora New York", la missione imprenditoriale delle oltre venti imprese pugliesi che hanno partecipato alla 62ma edizione del Fancy Food Show di New York, il più grande evento di food & beverage del Nord America svoltosi presso il Jacob Javits Center della Grande Mela. La missione ha consentito a P...
Review: Scratch Cooking at Agostino’s in New Rochelle
Tucked away in a corner of New Rochelle, Agostino's, an unpretentious neighborhood restaurant, has been serving fine Italian food for more than a decade. Its simple hospitality and scratch regional cooking have attracted not only locals but also boaters and golfers from the marinas and country clubs nearby. They don't make many Italian restaurants...
Brooklyn’s Newest Boutique Bike Shop Also Sells Terrific Panini
by Hugh Merwin Manuel Mainardi, a co-founder of the production company Creative Chaos, has been serious about bikes for 15 years and racing them for five. After he was temporarily sidelined by a motorcycle accident a few years back, he began to draw out plans for a shop where "people could come in to sit down and play cards, or stand up at...
Great Success for Gala Italia: 31st Edition
With the participation of over 300 of the most famous and important American wine and food editors, the 31st edition of the GALA ITALIA took place on February 18th at The Pierre Hotel in New York. The challenging and prestigious event reached an unprecedented success as it celebrated leading personalities who have dedicated their lives and...
Franciacorta: Missione lombarda negli USA/ Fava: Grande riscontro
"Il grande riscontro che stiamo ottenendo in questi giorni a New York mi rende orgoglioso e ottimista". Così l'assessore all'Agricoltura di Regione Lombardia, Gianni Fava, in missione negli Stati Uniti col Consorzio di tutela di Franciacorta, nell'ambito di una specifica iniziativa di internazionalizzazione dei vini lombardi oltreoceano. "La rispo...
Casa Belvedere “In Cucina” Culinary Classes
Spring 2013 Session begins April 17th Casa Belvedere offers Italian Culinary Classes! Casa Belvedere's "In Cucina" Culinary Program is a recreational cooking series designed to be both an educational and a fun experience. Our new team of instructors has a wide range of classes to offer for adults and children ages 8+. Daytime and evening classes a...
Bruno Pasticceria Bakery Is Leaving the Village After 41 Years and Moving Back to Staten Island
I's been a tough week for two classic bakeries. East Village classic De Robertis just gave word that they will shut down after 110 years in business. Today, the Settepani family of Pasticceria Bruno Bakery, who have served cannoli and cakes on LaGuardia Place since 1973, tell Jeremiah Moss that they will close on Sunday. A note on the door reads:...