On Market Street, Crispino's Pizza Now Open
Crispino’s Pizza is now open for business, with owner John Crispino serving up his New York-style pizza and classic Italian dishes at 5031 Market St.Crispino operated Crispino’s Pizza in Morehead City for seven years before deciding to sell the business and relocate to Wilmington, where he traveled twice a week to play ice hockey.
Sciuri Pasticceria Sells Sicilian Sweets on the Beach
Alessandro Buono has always loved the delicate sweets of his native Sicily but was never quite an adept baker. Nevertheless, the now heavily tattooed and pierced 22-year-old and his family late last year opened Sciuri Pasticceria e Rosticceria Siciliana just off South Beach's Fifth Street. It's a compact stark-white space filled with Italian chitch...
Sarino brings authentic Italian fare to Germantown neighborhood
When I heard a “casual” Italian restaurant was opening in the former home of Germantown Craft House (and, briefly, Goss Ave. Pub), I envisioned cheap plates of spaghetti and pizza by the slice. When I went with friends to Sarino for dinner on a recent Saturday, we were informed we were the last walk-in table — making reservations was highly recomme...
Natalia's founder reflects on 34 years of success in Macon
We decided to take a look at how one of Macon’s most iconic restaurants got its start. This comes after an announcement was made that Natalia Del Basso Orsini sold Natalia's to Wes and Travis Griffith. In 1973, Natalia says she took a leap of faith. “I truly, I was crying all the time because America is not like Italy at all,” says Natalia. She imm...
Gondolier Italian Restaurant & Pizza to open this summer
Gondolier Italian Restaurant & Pizza will open its doors in the 550 Russell development in early summer. The new Italian and pizza restaurant will be located next to The Mill on Russell Street, adjacent to downtown Starkville and Mississippi State University. The architect for the project is Dale Partners, and Copeland and Johns is the construction...
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza Launches Delivery Options
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, the coal-oven pizza restaurant centered around authentic and fresh ingredients, will now bring its signature ‘well done’ tastes directly to guests through new partnerships with leading third-party delivery providers Uber Eats, DoorDash, Delivery Dudes and GrubHub. These new partnerships will result in convenient, door-to...
Bollo's used its noodles
Joseph Bollo ran restaurants in Charleston and Folly Beach for two decades, but didn’t develop a spaghetti specialty until the latter half of his career. When he first opened Washington Square Café, Bollo focused primarily on seafood. Yet at around the same time, spaghetti from his native Italy was starting to catch on with the dining public. Pasta...
McGregor Cafe in Fort Myers gets new chef with New Orleans-Italian soul
The McGregor Cafe in Fort Myers is known for breakfast, brunch and lunch, especially on its oak-shaded terrace. It's not as well-known for dinner. But owner Luke DiSomma has set out to change that. In September, DiSomma brought Chef Coleman Jernigan in from New Orleans to serve as McGregor Cafe’s head chef. Though many of the classic McGregor Cafe...
Italian-American tastes at Bar Americano in Buckhead
Bar Americano and Bar Crema opened in late November in the space once occupied by East Andrews Cafe & Bar as part of the upscale makeover of the former Andrews Entertainment District in Buckhead. Other new tenants of the shopping and dining complex, dubbed Andrews Square, include Henri’s Bakery & Cafe, Poppy’s of Atlanta, Boxwoods Garden & Gifts, a...
Maria & Enzo’s opens at Disney Springs with delicious Italian cuisine and specialty drinks
Maria & Enzo’s Ristorante, the newest Italian dining location in Disney Springs, opened its doors for guests to take a look inside the new eatery. Maria & Enzo’s is a brand new dining destination in Disney Springs that is said to bring the warmth of Italy and the most delicious Italian cuisine to Walt Disney World. The restaurant will serve Lunch a...
Gusto – A Taste of Rome in your backyard
If you live in Jacksonville, you don’t have to go far for an authentic Italian experience. Gusto – A Taste of Rome in Jacksonville Beach serves Old World Roman dishes prepared by skilled Italian chefs for a delicious and truly authentic experience. Co-owners Walter Bianchi and Executive Chef Tonino DiBella know the flavors of Italy because they’ve...
This new restaurant in Germantown comes from a long line of Louisville Italian royalty
At 4 years old, most kids are only beginning to learn how to behave in a restaurant. But Carmelo Gabriele wasn’t just any kid and he wasn’t in just any restaurant. Dressed in a mini-tuxedo, he was busy pouring water for customers in his father’s upscale St. Louis restaurant. There was little doubt in anyone’s mind that he would one day move into th...