Meridiana airline to begin Milan to Miami flights
Italian airline Meridiana will begin serving Miami International Airport with two weekly flights from Milan starting on Dec. 2. MIA's current service to Italy includes daily direct flights to Milan with American Airlines and to Rome with Alitalia. MIA serves more than 275,000 passengers annually to and from Italy. "In the first quarte...
Louie Bossi's Is a Modern American-Italian Restaurant Boasting Old World Techniques
by Nicole Danna The scene at Louie Bossi's Ristorante Bar and Pizzeria in Fort Lauderdale is fueled by intense energy. On a recent weekday evening, every inch of the main dining room is jammed like the Dolphin Expressway at rush hour. Except here, people seem perfectly agreeable with being elbow to elbow. From the large table of e...
Italian Pop-Up Mangia Nashville Finds Permanent Home in Melrose Neighborhood
by Matt Rogers What is probably Middle Tennessee's longest running pop-up restaurant is going brick and mortar, as Mangia Nashville is headed for the Melrose area. The Tennessean broke the news earlier this week, detailing that chef Nick Pellegrino's Italian family-style restaurant will be taking 3,300 square feet in the 8th Avenue Commons...
World-traveled chef helms Spasso in the Grove
The Place: In the former Calamari space on the quiet end of the Main Highway in Coconut Grove, Spasso is a sprawling restaurant with white tablecloths, a bar, a long open kitchen and a patio with a fountain, hanging potted ferns and a huge oak tree strung with twinkly lights. Spasso means enjoyment, amusement and entertainment, and folks come for h...
Pasta Garage opening in June
by Jane Patton Lexington Pasta, 962 Delaware Avenue, will be opening Pasta Garage Italian Cafe in early June, according to co-owner Lesme Romero. "You will be able to come in, pick out your shape of pasta, your sauce and eat on the spot, while you watch us make the pasta in the back," he said. The restaurant will be open for lunch...
Sweet treats at Boardwalk Italian Ice & Creamery
MENU: Homemade ice cream, ices, custards, candy apples, cannolis, zeppole, milkshakes and all things yummy. Ice cream flavors rotate but include strawberry, honey vanilla, root beer float and maple bacon (hungry yet?). For the ultimate: Try the Beach Bowl. Sizes range from four-16 scoops and include nuts, cookies, chocolate chips, cake, fruit,...
Bottarga, an Export That Stays at Home
By John T. Edge For centuries, fishermen here have netted mullet, an oily fish that retails for about $1 to $3 a pound and takes well to deep-frying or smoking. But in Italy, where some of this village's harvest is shipped, sacs of roe are removed from the fish, cured and marketed as a delicacy, bottarga, that often sells back in the Unite...
Nona Mia Italian Kitchen: The return of artisan sandwiches
The amazing artisan sandwiches that all of Asheville loved are making a comeback at Nona Mia Italian Kitchen, located at 1050 Haywood in the vibrant West Asheville corridor. A new lunch menu will feature an array of sandwiches, from new twists on old favorites to brand new creations. Chef Peter Affatato creates each of these masterpieces f...
Ruscelli's Italian restaurant to open in October in downtown Birmingham
by Kelly Poe Downtown Birmingham is getting a new Italian option for lunch. Eric Chester is in the final stages of opening Ruscelli's in the food court of the Regions building. It'll offer classic Italian food, including pizza, pasta, paninis, gelato and salad. "It's a small-time, small start, but I'm trying to do everything...
Arancini Italian Kitchen opens next week in W. Asheville
by Mackensy Lunsford Hey West Asheville: Now that Nona Mia is gone, are you missing Italian comfort food? The wait is almost over (though, as you know, you have pizza in spades already). Arancini Italian Kitchen will open next week in the space that used to house Pineapple Jack's at 643 Haywood Road. After an equipment i...
Fabio Viviani Dishes About His Miami Restaurant
The word's been out for a few months that Top Chef alum and major heartthrob Fabio Viviani is bringing his Italian comfort food to Miami. Siena Tavern is set to open on South Beach this year, with a menu that melds Italian favorites like lasagna and gnocci from Viviani's family recipes with dishes inspired by Mediterranean cuisine. Read m...
Chef Timon Balloo's Bocce Bar rustic Italian opens on Friday in Midtown
By Lesley Abravanel Because you can never have too many Italian restaurants, Bocce Bar, the new "rustic Italian" concept by those responsible for Sugarcane raw bar grill and SushiSamba, debuts Friday, Dec. 13 in Midtown Miami at 3252 NE 1st Ave. Not just any Italian, no it's not, this one has the city's first 'official' bocce court and a s...