Beloved Italian specialty store in Bensonhurst closing after five decades
Bari Pork Store, a staple of Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood since 1969, has been a beloved destination for food and goods straight from Italy. But now, the specialty store is closing for good, after its aging storefront weathered so many storms. "Twenty-eight years I've been coming here. This is like a family," said customer Peter Melendez. It...
Song'E Napule
For a sit-down Neapolitan pizza, Song’E Napule in Greenwich Village always delivers. The pizza comes out of the oven consistently chewy and light, with nicely charred edges, and you can pretty much always get a table—even at peak downtown bar-and-restaurant hopping hours. The restaurant is bigger than it looks from the street, and colored in the s...
Building the Valley: New venture from Tony's Pizza Cafe owner brings fast casual Italian fare to Buffalo Township
Andrea “Tony” Coppola sees his newest restaurant in Buffalo Township as a taste of the future. Healthy ingredients and trendy flavors are hallmarks of Toasted Amo, the Italian sandwich shop he opened last month in Buffalo Plaza. It marks a stark departure from the area’s plentiful fast food joints — and Coppola’s other restaurant, Tony’s Pizza Cafe...
An Iconic West Village Restaurant Is Opening in Brooklyn
Chef Jonathan Waxman is expanding his iconic Manhattan restaurant restaurant, Barbuto in Manhattan into Brooklyn this summer. Barbuto Brooklyn will open in Brooklyn Heights inside 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge at 60 Furman Street, near Doughty Street, aiming for a June opening. The new Barbuto will be similar to its revived West Village sibling centered...
Eataly Caffe Heading To Hudson Yards
On the heels of opening a location at Rockefeller Center in May, Eataly Caffe has a new location heading to the city. It will open this June on level four of Hudson Yards, according to the Eataly website. This will be the fifth location for the brand within New York City, joining spots in Flatiron, Downtown, SoHo and Rockefeller Center. “You can sw...
Millions of People Watch Cugine’s Videos. Will They Eat His Chicken Cutlets? The social-media star is opening a real-world sandwich shop.
Any day now, the new sandwich shop Casa Cugine will open in Brooklyn. “We’re just waiting on the last permits,” says the shop’s namesake, Cugine, the Staten Island–born influencer known for videos of cooking massive slabs of meat or complaining about being “down horrendously” after a long night out. He’s finalizing a short menu that — for now — inc...
A Florentine Wine Window Comes to Times Square
New York City welcomes its first-ever Buchette del Vino — a historic Florentine wine window, reimagined for the heart of Times Square, this June. Buchette del Vino NYC is a new concept from partners Chef Jack Logue and Chris Miller, the duo behind the resurgence of The iconic Lambs Club at The Chatwal Hotel. It will serve Italian wines through a cu...
Ficarra Ristorante In Hicksville Debuts To Rave Reviews
Hicksville’s Ficarra Ristorante–located at 400 South Oyster Bay Road–held its grand opening in late April, offering what owner Carl Mattone calls “a celebration of family, tradition, and the rich culinary heritage of Italy.” A heartfelt tribute to Mattone’s ancestral Sicilian town, Ficarra bills itself as an “upscale Italian-American dining experie...
Accademia Italiana della Cucina Honors Neapolitan Seafood at Amo
In a city flooded with culinary experimentation, Amo Seafood has carved out a distinct identity by bringing traditional Neapolitan and Sicilian seafood to the table. The restaurant, co-founded eight months ago by entrepreneur Rosario Procino and chef Pasquale Cozzolino, was recently spotlighted during the spring convivial dinner of the Accademia It...
Massive Italian Restaurant From Rome Opens First U.S. Location in the Trump Building
A restaurant chain from Italy self-described as an “Italian food zone” opened its first American location earlier this spring in New York. Nerolab debuted in the Trump Building in the Financial District at 40 Wall Street, between Nassau and William streets, in early April. The 350-seat space serves a Roman food menu, with pastries, breads, pastas,...
SAS Italian Records in Bensonhurst set to close after 58 years
After nearly 60 years, a Bensonhurst staple is saying goodbye. SAS Italian Records, 7113 18th Ave., will be permanently closing its doors. The news was announced by Antonio Graziano, a friend of the owners, who posted it on the popular Facebook group Dyker Heights, Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn on their behalf. “We regret to announce that It...
This New Italian Sandwich Shop Will Keep You Coming Back After One Bite
We have so many Italian Americans here in Western New York, you probably either are one, or you’re related to one. Weirdly, the omnipresence of Italian Americans doesn’t translate into a ton of variety when it comes to Italian restaurants. That changed slightly a few months ago when daNando – The Italian Culetto opened in the Clarence Mall. The new...