Alleva Dairy Crowdfunding to Stay Alive in Little Italy
Alleva Dairy is not ready to say arrivederci. The beloved cheese shop in Little Italy is struggling to stay afloat as eviction proceedings aim to end its longtime neighborhood tenure. The landlord of the Grand Street shop – Jerome G. Stabile III – filed a lawsuit back in April to recover years of owed back rent. Court records indicate that the mont...
Ramerino Italian Prime to open in Midtown on July 28
Ramerino Italian Prime, located steps away from the New York Public Library and Bryant Park, is owned by Sammy V. Gashi, an industry veteran with a career spanning 25-years. He currently owns and operates San Marino SoHo and Antica Ristorante on Stone Street. Ramerino Italian Prime is his take on rural Tuscan cooking and is named for a staple of th...
Italian passion front and center at Ci Siamo
Hillary Sterling is on fire, literally. The executive chef is serving up modern Italian cuisine created in the heat of a state-of-the-art wood-burning oven and grill at Ci Siamo. The oven and grill are the centerpieces of the open kitchen Sterling presides over alongside a stellar all-woman team at the restaurant, which is located at 440 West 33rd...
NonnaLisa's offering homemade Italian food
With the support of family behind her, Lisa McDonald followed her dreams and opened the doors to her very own Italian restaurant, NonnaLisa’s, at the end of March. Her sisters Jeanine Sawyer, Rachael Sawyer and Greta Sawyer have been working at the restaurant since the opening, and while McDonald is the head cook and owner, her sisters help prepare...
Best Italian Restaurants In NYC
New York City is known for (arguably) hosting some of the best Italian cuisine in the country. We rounded up some of the best options for trying flavorful dishes with attention to quality ingredients. Doesn't hurt if you can sample some Italian wine or a negroni while you're at it. Our selections pull stand-outs from across the boroughs, even if al...
Popular Long Island Butcher To Close After More Than 50 Years In Business
A beloved Long Island business will soon close after decades in business. Swan Prime Meat & Italian Specialties will have its last day in business on Sunday, July 31, the owners announced. The butcher is located at 410 North Wantagh Ave. in Bethpage. "The decision to close down this business was not easy, but we have accomplished our goal of servin...
Il Fornaio Bakery Café
Il Fornaio Bakery Café is the perfect spot for breakfast, lunch, coffee and desserts, where all their fabulous cakes, pastries, and cookies are made on premises at this delightful corner Café. Il Fornaio means “The Bakery” in Italian and you can stop in any time for a slice of cake, cookies, or cannoli to pick you up on your way home from work. Con...
With Vico, Farmingdale Restaurateur Brings Authentic Italian to the Village
Named for a small Italian town on the Amalfi Coast, Vico, an Italian restaurant, opened in Farmingdale recently and is getting rave reviews on social media. Owner Joe Fortuna already has 317 Main Street and The Nutty Irishman in Farmingdale and is bringing an original concept to the place with Chef Eric LeVine, chef at 317 Main Street. According to...
Meet the American who invented Buffalo wings, disrupted entire chicken industry
Poultry pioneer Teressa Bellissimo inspired a delicious all-American bar-food phenomenon. The late restaurateur cooked the first batch of Buffalo wings, the most iconic of all barroom bites, by happenstance one winter night in 1964 at Anchor Bar in Buffalo. Her invention soon upended an entire multi-billion-dollar sector of American agriculture. T...
Pasquale Jones Expands With A Lively Sicilian Wine Bar Next Door
Neapolitan neighborhood staple Pasquale Jones has officially expanded its Little Italy footprint with the debut of Bar Pasquale, a vibrant new wine bar and eatery paying homage to Sicilian culinary and winemaking traditions. And since it comes from Delicious Hospitality Group, the team behind buzzy hot spots including Charlie Bird and Legacy Record...
Fight to save Little Italy's Alleva Dairy, U.S.'s oldest cheese shop
The Alleva family opened Alleva Dairy on Grand at Mulberry St. in 1892. "It was the first Italian cheese store in America," Alleva Dairy owner Karen King said. "My husband said to me: 'Don't ever let Alleva go.'" King and her husband Johnny Cha Cha -- of Goodfellas and Sopranos fame -- bought this cheese shop from Johnny's Alleva cousins before he...
Family-Run Italian Restaurant Set To Open In The West Village
A family-run Italian restaurant will open Tuesday in the West Village. Managed by sibling business partners Aida and Fernando Scarpati, the restaurant will offer a wholesome approach to Italian food at 15 Seventh Ave. South, between Carmine and Leroy Streets. The restaurant will have a 35-seat dining room with exposed brick walls, granite tables, a...