The Team Behind the Beloved L’Artusi Debuts an Intimate Wine Bar Sibling
Located around the corner from its beloved West Village predecessor, L’Artusi, a neighborhood favorite going on 13 years, is the new casual Italian wine bar and restaurant, b’artusi. Led by executive chef Joe Vigorito (Via Carota)—who also helped see L’Artusi through all of the challenges brought on by the pandemic—b’artusi is an intimate gathering...
A new restaurant is opening inside of Eataly this week
Eataly, the massive Italian marketplace that has become a centerpiece of Flatiron, is debuting its first indoor restaurant concept since 2018 on November 5. Bar Milano, which will feature 70 seats in total, takes over Manzo's location, the meat-heavy eatery that closed over a year ago. As its name suggests, the new spot's menu will focus on foods e...
There's A New Italian Wine Bar Hidden Behind A Deli...
...And, uh, need we say more? OK, yes, we guess we do. The next time you feel the need to impress someone without too much of a fuss, ONE19 Wine Bar is your answer. The relaxed destination, from the team behind Char Sue, may be located behind a deli on Essex Street, but it's purposely trying to shrug off the to-do of the whole "speakeasy" thing. I...
Italian Restaurant Sac's Place To Host 23rd Annual Abruzzo Pastoral Pig Roast In Astoria
Italian Restaurant Sac's Place will host its 23rd annual Abruzzo Pastoral Night and Pig Roast to honor its Italian roots on Thursday, November 4th and Thursday, November 11th at Sac's Place, 35-11 35th Avenue Astoria, NY. Abruzzo is a little-known region in Italy that the Sacramone family used to call home. Its location between the mountains and se...
The Oldest Pizza Restaurant In The U.S. Is New York’s Lombardi’s And It’s Delicious
Nowadays, pizza in New York is everywhere. It’s become such an integral part of the state that it’s hard to imagine a time when it didn’t exist here. But it really wasn’t all that long ago that the first pizzeria in New York (and for that matter, America) opened up. You can still get pizza from that same restaurant today. Lombardi’s Pizza, the firs...
Italian Café to Open on Ground Floor of New High-Rise Apartment Complex on LIC Waterfront
An Italian café is set to open inside a new high-rise apartment building on the Long Island City waterfront. Santa Chiaro Café will open in December on the ground floor of 52-41 Center Boulevard, a 44-story residential building at Hunters Point South. It will be the first café owned solely by Cristiano Rossi, an Italian immigrant who lives in Willi...
New Pizzeria And Gelato Spot Opens Its Doors In Park Slope
A new restaurant that promises to up Park Slope's pizza game has officially opened its doors on Sixth Avenue. Crosta, which means crust in Italian, opened its 486 Sixth Ave. storefront near 12th Street on Wednesday evening. The new eatery is led by Executive Chef Andres Rodas and co-owner Andres Whang, who own several other restaurants in the bo...
Restaurant Focusing On Coastal Italian Cuisine To Open In Hudson Valley
A new restaurant that focuses on coastal Italian cuisine made with local ingredients is set to open its doors in the Hudson Valley in the coming weeks. Primo Waterfront is preparing to host its official grand opening in Orange County sometime in November, according to owner Jesse Camac, who also is a co-created Heritage Food + Drink in Wappingers F...
Vini d'Abruzzo Consortium Announces Participation in the Simply Italian Great Wines US Tour
The Consorzio di Tutela Vini d'Abruzzo is pleased to announce its participation in the Simply Italian Great Wines US Tour taking place in New York at the Second Floor Eventi hotel on October 25th, and in San Francisco at The Clift Royal Sonesta hotel on October 27th. The Simply Italian Great Wines US Tour is one of the most important and prominent...
Manhattan’s Zeppola Italian Bakery Plots Even Bigger Plans for the Las Vegas Strip
Before it even debuts at the Venetian's Grand Canal Shoppes, Midtown Manhattan’s Zeppola Italian Bakery already has plans for a second Las Vegas expansion. Still under construction on the resort’s replica of St. Marks Square, the cafe will replace the former home of French-inspired chain Paris Baguette. Designed by locals GT/AD Studio, the two-leve...
Long Island Eatery Draws High Marks For Pizza, Pasta
If you're looking for good old fashion Italian food with some new twists and updates, then a favorite spot on Long Island is a place to try. Opened in 1992, Suffolk County staple Caffe Amici in Selden is known for its homemade pasta nights, as well as for its traditional dishes, yummy pizzas, and specialty Italian cookies and desserts. It's also kn...
La Carraia Gelateria, satellite of Florentine original, opens in East Meadow
And why wouldn’t the first New York satellite of Florence’s renowned La Carraia Gelateria open in East Meadow? If the location, along the Hempstead Turnpike service road, doesn’t exactly bring to mind the Uffizi or the Galleria dell'Accademia, it is next door to the original Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace. La Carraia, which opened Sept. 24, is actual...