RESTAURANT REVIEW: Gemelli's
It all started with a calzone. It was lunchtime. I was hungry. But I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to eat, it was as if I was bored with all the options that surrounded me. I remembered there was a new little restaurant that I'd been passing on Ocoee Street on my way to campus every day. I hadn’t remembered seeing it last semester—it was as tho...
Whole 30, Italian, soul food and ice cream eateries open in Knoxville
It's exciting to see Knoxville's culinary scene continue to grow. The city is bustling with places to dine, and this week three more restaurants opened. Not far behind are a few eateries still in the construction stage. Simon Hall of Simon Hall Private Chef opened his restaurant Monday. The professional chef is known for his healthy cuisine, someth...
New Italian Restaurant Offers Refined Atmosphere in Atlanta's Party Nabe
The former East Andrews Cafe & Bar space will soon host a new restaurant from Ten Apart, the team that founded The Pinewood and The Mercury. Coming Mid-October, Bar Americano will bring new food and energy to the Andrews Entertainment District, an area that is undergoing a significant transformation from a party neighborhood to a dining destination...
Best Thing We Ate This Week: Pizza at Pizzeria Lui
Thanks to Friday night traffic, it took me nearly 90 minutes to get there, but get there I did. I’d heard rumblings of an incredible pizzeria waaay down Mississippi Avenue in Lakewood. I’d seen the charred, bubbly crusted pictures popping up on Instagram. As a Neapolitan-style pizza enthusiast, I had to taste what the Pizzeria Lui chatter was all a...
Review: V & S Italian Deli in Boca Raton brings subs to a higher level
How far should you drive for a good sandwich? In my case, the answer is 34 miles, the distance from my home to V & S Italian Deli in Boca Raton. People who appreciate sandwich artistry of the old-school Italian variety owe it to themselves to make the pilgrimage to this small sub shop in a strip shopping center on North Federal Highway. When I got...
Popular South Beach Italian restaurant opening soon in Delray Beach
A popular South Beach-based rustic Italian eatery that offers dishes from different regions of Italy is opening its second location in Delray Beach. Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante, a staple of South Beach for more than a decade, opens at 3035 S. Federal Hwy, in the South Delray Shopping Center south of Linton Boulevard, on Thursday, Oct. 12, according...
Review: Casa Calabria in Fort Lauderdale is a hotel dining room that feels like home
Casa Calabria welcomes guests with a simple touch of Southern Italian soul. A loaf of bread, crusty on the outside and yeasty on the inside, arrived soon after we were seated on a recent weekend. No butter. A glass container of extra-virgin olive oil was on the table, ready for pouring. Our server set down two small bowls: a tapenade paste with oli...
Mario Batali hosting cooking demo, book signing at Orlando Museum of Art
Get a chance to meet chef Mario Batali — and feast on a buffet dinner of a few of his recipes. Batali will host a culinary demo and book signing at 5 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando. The menu includes beet salad with baby spinach and goat cheese; chilled pea and scallion soup; cheese tortellini with kale p...
Italian Tradition Opens in the Rosemary District
JUST HOW MANY PIZZA PARLORS, pasta houses and seafood linguine palaces can this area support? Apparently, there’s always room for one more. Italian restaurants here are more than plentiful, from intimate, authentic family-run places to mid-price casual chain names to chic high-end Mediterranean experiences. Italian Tradition is a fresh arrival, oc...
From Tuscany with love: Wilmington chef returns from Italy to fire up Il Forno Pizzeria
After a soft opening last week, Il Forno Pizzeria is roaring along at The Pointe at Barclay. Chef Roberta Campani said the oven heats up to nearly 900’F and can fit about ten pizzas at once. The new restaurant follows in the Italian style of owner Ash Aziz’s two Osteria Cicchetti locations; but while the OC does offer Neapolitan-style pizza, at Il...
Order Sons of Italy in America to hold pasta dinner
The Order Sons of Italy in America, Quattro Eroi Lodge No. 1414, will celebrate Italian Heritage Month with a pasta dinner fundraiser from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 1034 Pond St. The dinner will include all-you-can-eat pasta, meatballs, Italian bread, salad, coffee and dessert. A cash bar and take-out will also be...
Palm Beach Gardens' La Masseria Delights With Authentic Italian Dishes
While opening the doors to La Masseria for dinner, the words “buona sera” (good evening) roll off the tongues of charming staff throughout the restaurant. It’s this warm welcome that makes it feel as if you’ve traveled from the shores of Palm Beach to the shores of southern Italy—at least for a few hours. If you’re lucky, the charismatic manager Ma...