I Sodi’s Love Letter to Tuscany Is Still Going Strong After All These Years
The winter rain was coming down hard and flooding the intersections early on a recent Tuesday evening, as a friend and I sat glumly trying to decide where to go for dinner. A combination of inclement weather and a desire to eat early in the evening meant only one thing: our chances of grabbing a walk-in table at any popular restaurant were vastly i...
Schenectady’s Cappiello Foods to close after 101 years
Cappiello Foods, an Italian specialty store and city staple for more than a century, will be closing later this month, the shop’s owners announced last week. “After 101 years of business in Schenectady we are announcing today that we will be closing our doors on March 19th,” reads a message posted on the store’s Facebook page by Serena Cappiello an...
Eating Around The Bronx’s Little Itay On Arthur Avenue
The pandemic hit the Bronx’s Arthur Avenue neighborhood restaurants as hard as any, but, as ever, they survive and in many cases are again thriving, not least because they cater to an extraordinary number of regulars—many of them former Bronxites, now living in the ‘burbs—who come back for the kind of comfort food and comforting hospitality that ha...
The Chianti Classico Grand Tasting in New York Concludes With a Great Success And Celebration of the Newly Introduced UGA Classification System
The Chianti Classico Consortium returned to New York City on February 28th to celebrate the recent introduction of the UGA (Additional Geographic Units) classification system, which differentiate and highlight the differences in climate and soil type of 11 villages of the region. The Walk-around Tasting was held at the Altman Building from 12 to 5...
At San Marco Ristorante, celebrating the persistence of excellence
San Marco Ristorante is a restaurant of the rarest breed: a sure thing. If you have ever swooned to the grill-finished sea bass with creamy pesto, toasted pignoli and red peppercorns, you can find that thrill again on Kensington Avenue. Its secret is simple. For three decades, the same three people have welcomed San Marco’s customers, cooked its fo...
Second helpings: Rossi & Sons to open second Poughkeepsie location
The Number Four sandwich went viral on TikTok. Now the Italian deli that’s been feeding Poughkeepsie for almost half a century is eyeing number two: it’s second location. Poughkeepsie locals and others have lined up at Rosticceria Rossi & Sons, a mostly takeout spot on South Clover Street in Little Italy, for decades for their larger-than-life sand...
Inside Mareluna, Soho's Stylish New Must-Try Italian Oasis
In the market for a new downtown haunt? Soho's newest hot spot Mareluna is more than just a stylish culinary oasis, it's a full circle realization of the New York dream. In 1996, Marco Britti was fresh to the city, having just made the big move from Puglia, Italy. While pursuing a career as a professional drummer, the musician found himself working...
Eataly Is Bringing 16 Days Of Food Festivities To NYC This March With Restaurant Fest
New York is finally thawing and we’re totally ready to celebrate spring with some incredible Italian food. So it’s a pretty good thing that the iconic Italian marketplace, Eataly, is hosting a mouthwatering dining experience this March. Between March 4-20, you can visit Eataly Flatiron and Eataly Downtown for a Restaurant Fest unlike any other! Tu...
Bacàn, an Italian Bistro, Opens in Williamsburg
Experience Italy without leaving Williamsburg at Bacàn (79 Grand St.), an Italian bistro and bar that opened a few months ago in the neighborhood. The restaurant aims for guests to feel transported to Venice through the food, design, and ambiance. The restaurant’s interior is inviting with small decadent details that escalate the experience. There...
Serafina just opened a new European-style cafe
One of New York's favorite Italian restaurants is expanding with a new concept! Café Serafina at 58th Street and Seventh Avenue near Carnegie Hall and Columbus Circle is the newest outpost by Serafina Restaurant Group, whose iconic yellow and white striped restaurants can be seen from the Upper East Side down to Tribeca. The new 5000-square-foot c...
New York has a new nonna-run pasta bar
This New York nonna is eager to feed you! Addolorata Marzovilla, also known as Nonna Dora, is the face of a new eponymous restaurant in Kip's Bay. Nonna Dora's Pasta Bar, run by the 85-year-old Italian grandmother, is offering a wide selection of antipasti, as well as handmade pastas. A tasting of three pastas goes for $45, though everything is ava...
From Bari To Brooklyn, The Passion For Pasta Never Wavers
Executive chef Raffaele Spadavecchia specializes in pasta at Brooklyn’s Scottadito Osteria Toscana restaurant, but, like other chefs who competed on Food Network’s Chopped TV show, he was handed incongrous ingredients and told, figuratively, to make wine out of water. Spadavecchia made it to the show’s final round after creating an appetizer with u...