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Good news for pizza and beer lovers. Louisville-based BoomBozz Craft Pizza & Taphouse announced the company will open a location at 2839 Medical Center Parkway in Murfreesboro in mid-June. "Murfreesboro is one of the fastest-growing communities in all of Tennessee, and we are extremely excited to begin growing with them,” said Bryan Beach, COO of B...

• Tell us about your place: “We are a family business,” said Sarah Whiteaker, who owns Sammio’s Italian Restaurant on Raeford Road with her husband, James. Drew Faircloth is the head chef. They bought the business from relatives and are celebrating their 10th year as owners. It was previously owned by Louis and Roni Frangos, who own the Sammio’s in...

Marco’s Pizza is the latest business to announce it will locate in the Cherokee Crossing development in West Morristown. Knoxville businessman and Marco’s franchisee Brad Davis confirmed this morning he plans to open his eighth restaurant in Morristown, and the goal is to open for business by October. Davis says he elected to expand to Morristown f...

Italian chain North Italia will churn out brick-oven pizza and house-made pasta in Mary Brickell Village beginning this fall. The restaurant, which joins more than a dozen other locations across the nation, will be the first in Florida. Created in 2002 by James Beard Award semifinalist Sam Fox, North Italia falls under his Fox Restaurant Group, whi...

Craving Italian food? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian restaurants around Raleigh, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to satisfy your cravings. 1. Gravy: Topping the list is Gravy. Located in Central Raleigh at 135 S Wilmington St., the Italian and New American spot is the h...

Many things in Southwest Florida have changed post Hurricane Irma, including the chef and menu at the award-winning Sale e Pepe at the Marco Beach Ocean Resort on Marco Island. The staff is international, and their service is outstanding. The restaurant with its arches and high ceilings looks Old World but with a modern touch, making you feel as if...

For almost three years, family-owned and operated Nino’s Cucina Italiana has been crafting award-winning culinary masterpieces that keep guests coming back for more. The leaders of this Italian helm are Salvatore Passalacqua, Massimo Mannino and Pietro Passalacqua. From their start at a little delicatessen in New York and to Greenville where they h...

Charleston’s Christopher Columbus Sons of Italy lodge has regular member meetings, just like any other group. What sets those gatherings apart from the everyday, however, is the section of the evening devoted to a covered-dish buffet. You can only imagine what the talented Italian cooks come up with as each person brings their best to the delight o...

Giorgio’s is the sort of restaurant that has been missing from the Lake Wales dining scene for far too many years. Restaurants of this caliber have had their day, some with more sticking power than others. Vinton’s, with its New Orleans vibe, comes to mind as one of the best. It had a good run, but it too is long gone. Chalet Suzanne was in a class...

Some would argue meatballs only belong on a swirl of steaming pasta  or wedged inside twelve inches of a hoagie roll, while others with a more laissez-faire approach to life would argue that when food rules are broken, magical accidents can happen. But neither party in this hypothetical argument would refuse a second serving of Pazzo Southside’s me...

Trattoria Pizza and Italian will soon be opening its newest location at OWA, Coastal Alabama’s award-winning resort destination. Trattoria Pizza & Italian has quickly become a regional favorite being recently voted both best pizza and best kept restaurant secret in South Alabama. “Having an Italian offering at OWA has always been a key component in...

A locally owned, casual Italian dining restaurant called La Trattoria is coming to the Ferry Pass area of Pensacola in late May or early June, according to the new eatery's co-owner. Julio Xec, a half-Italian, Guatemalan-born chef with 12 years of industry experience, and his business partner leased the building on 2256 E. Olive Road from property...