Big Italy Pizzeria in Medford Gets Two Thumbs Up from Pizza Lovers
Step inside Medford’s Big Italy Pizzeria and you will be instantly greeted by the friendly, efficient staff, charming setting, and the delectable aroma of sauce wafting through the air This pizzeria is bustling with a continuous stream of people eating in the cozy dining room or dropping by for takeout. Catering is also available as is home deliver...
Di Carlo Food Service: Family Values and Hard Work, the Recipe for Success
DiCarlo Food Service is one of the largest privately owned wholesale food distributors in the nation. They provide a surprising array of products: Knishes from Gabila’s Knish in Copiague, pasta from Bruno’s Specialty Foods in West Sayville— even mixers from The Murph’s Famous Bloody Mary Mix in Melville–all food items that are grown, raised, baked,...
Team Behind Don Angie Opens New NYC Italian Restaurant, Bad Roman
If you love NYC's popular Don Angie or other restaurants in the Quality Branded family like Zou Zou's and Quality Bistro, you'll want to check out the newest Italian eatery joining the fold: Bad Roman. Self-described as modern, maximalist Italian, the new restaurant features playful takes on classic Italian cooking from around the world, according...
Lenny’s Pizza, Made Famous in ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ Closes After 70 Years in Business
Pizza enthusiasts from around New York made the pilgrimage to Bensonhurst-Brooklyn and bid farewell to Lenny’s Pizzeria, which served its last pies on Sunday, Feb. 19, after 70 years in business. The Bensonhurst institution, located at 1969 86th St., rose to fame when it was featured in the iconic opening scene of the 1977 hit film “Saturday Nigh...
Open For Almost A Century, Dining At Casa Basso In New York Is Always A Timeless Experience
There aren’t many restaurants that last for an entire century, but Casa Basso in Westthampton on Long Island in New York is almost there. It will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2028. This classic Italian restaurant has been serving Long Islanders and visitors since Calvin Coolidge was president! Today, it offers excellent cuisine in a unique se...
Cotoletta, an Italian-American casual restaurant, now open in Elm Ridge Center
The Town of Greece has a new restaurant, Cotoletta. It’s open everyday except Monday. The Italian restaurant is in Elm Ridge Center in Greece, a plaza that has seen significant revitalization in the past two years. Cotoletta is a throwback Italian casual eatery. The owner of the new restaurant, Jay Speranza, also owns Rochester staple Tony D’s. “I...
New: Bella Ciao is a Modern Take on Italian With House-Made Pastas & Refined Cocktails
Casual, independently-owned red sauce joints have been the backbone of Italian food in Western New York for decades, but over the years, we’ve seen them decline in numbers. The new Bella Ciao in the Avant building Downtown isn’t a new red sauce joint, but it is a logical step forward that is more focused on modern tastes. Set in a beautiful space,...
Torcello, a Fine Italian Dining Experience, Premieres in Westchester
Partners Imer Rraci and chef Avni Brahimaj have opened Torcello Ristorante Italiano in the free-standing house that previously housed the long-running La Riserva on Boston Post Road in Larchmont. Torcello, which is named after an island off the northern coast of Venice, espouses the classics of northern Italian cuisine. It is a fine dining experien...
Sal's Pizza Store, a Carroll Gardens mainstay, is closing
Another day, another iconic Brooklyn pizza joint has announced it’s shutting its doors for good. Sal’s Pizza Store, a mainstay in Carroll Gardens for more than 50 years, will be closing on Sunday. According to a note on the restaurant’s door, the owners say they are “deeply saddened to inform all our loyal customers” that it was closing and thanked...
Italian Eatery Set For UWS From Popular Local Restauranteur
A new Italian restaurant will open on the Upper West Side in the coming months from a restaurateur who has already had some serious success in the neighborhood. Sempre Oggi will open at 164-166 W. 75th St. (off Amsterdam) by the end of the summer. It will be an "aggressively seasonal, vegetable forward, modern Italian restaurant," according to i...
Inside look at The Farm Italy, Huntington’s new Italian restaurant
It’s a bit modern. It’s a little bit farm. But most of all, it’s authentic. That’s how restaurateur John Tunney III describes his new venture The Farm Italy, a new Italian restaurant that recently opened in Huntington Village. “We wanted to start it with this kind of homey feeling,” Tunney said. “It’s a comfortable environment and really authentic....
Richard Capizzi, the late pastry and executive chef at Lincoln Ristorante, to be honored by top chef friends
A million meals and more than two decades later, Jonathan Benno can still recall sitting at a picnic table, by the side of a busy road in Bangkok at 2 a.m. with a small group of renowned chefs, all from Michelin-starred restaurants like The French Laundry and Protégé. But the former Lincoln Ristorante executive chef, now the culinary director for A...