Colletta Italian restaurant opens February 5 at Avalon
Steve Palmer, founder of Charleston-based Indigo Road Hospitality, has a new restaurant in the works. Located next to its Oak Steakhouse at Avalon in Alpharetta, Colletta will begin serving pizza and pasta February 5. This will be the group's second Italian restaurant, and about 40 percent of the menu will be comprised of favorites from Ch...
Construction starts on new Italian market in North Palm Beach
Doris Italian Market & Bakery has just started construction on a new location in North Palm Beach. The new store marks its sixth and largest since the specialty supermarket chain opened in Hollywood in 1947. Located at 11239 U.S. Highway 1, the 22,000-square-foot store is slated to open during late September of this year i...
Chef Vincenzo Betulia offers Italian with dash of Wauwatosa
By Kristine M. Kierzek Vincenzo Betulia serves eggplant caponata to every customer in his restaurant. It's a replacement to butter, and part of his rustic, traditional Italian approach. More importantly, eggplant caponata is a daily reminder of his grandmother, who packed margarine tubs of it for his lunches. Betulia opened his first restaur...
Review: Old-school Italian is alive and well at Nino’s in Atlanta
By Ligaya Figueras There is a neighborhood in my hometown of St. Louis called the Hill. Great things have come out of that Italian immigrant pocket. Like baseball legends Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola. Like five of the no-name guys on the slapdash 1950 U.S. men's national team who defeated England in a 1-0 World Cup upset known as the "Miracle...
Fazoli's to open Macon, Warner Robins restaurants
A new restaurant franchise is making its way to the Central Georgia area, serving up fast food Italian to diners. Italian-American fast casual restaurant Fazoli's chain plans to open restaurants in Macon, Warner Robins, Athens, Augusta, Columbus and Savannah. C&P restaurant company, a 100 restaurant group based in Macon has signed a si...
Italian cooking is different from Italian-American cooking
There is a difference in Italian and Italian-American cooking. There is a big difference. If you don't know the difference, get a copy of "The Silver Spoon," the bestselling Italian cookbook in Italy for the past 50 years. My guess is that you will be surprised what you will find, and what you will not find. Check it out. This week I...
Southern Palm Beach County
La Gelateria della Musica is known in Italy for strange and popular ice cream concoctions like Bread, Butter & Jam, Bud Light-flavored and Chocolate Bacon. For a while, you couldn't find anything like it outside Italy. That is until Fabio Brigliadoro, the owner of the La Gelateria chain and chef behind flavors, decided to open up his first...
New restaurant opens in Jefferson
by Shalamar Blevins On Friday, May 1, Blue Ridge Bistro had its grand opening. The restaurant is located at 829 E. Main Street inside the Eldreth Inn in Jefferson. Blue Ridge Bistro offers Italian-American cuisine and is managed by Wesley Moore and his sous chef, Chad Hopkins. Moore, a 2012 graduate of Ashe County High School...
Flavors Of Italian Coast Line Come To Life In Heart Of Midtown
There's a coastline area of Italy known as Liguria – home to Genoa and Portofino – that is as well-known for its natural beauty as it is for its wonderful and unique cuisine. Welcome to Riviera Focacceria Italiana, a hidden gem in Midtown, now known as one of the few places in the U.S. that makes a traditional dish originated from Liguria....
Italian Pasta Bar Coming to 7th Street Market
Zia Pia imports will move to the back of the 7th Street Public Market later this month to add a hot pasta bar, among other things, to its Italian offerings. Owner Victoria Zabel says she hopes to be open in the new space, previously occupied by Meat & Fish Co. and What's Your Beef?, at the end of the month, but construction delays may push that...
Saint Leo restaurant on Oxford Square is a hot spot
By Allen Brewer After several years of planning, Emily Blount has finally opened her fist restaurant, Saint Leo, in the heart of Oxford. The old fashion wood-fire oven pizza restaurant, located on the east side of the Square, offers a newer, fresher taste for local pizza lovers. Opening on June 30, Saint Leo offers Oxonians a litt...
Pizza and 'pizzazz' coming to Dixon Blvd.
By Casey White The three "wise guys" behind a new Shelby restaurant hope to create a matchless experience for its customers when they open. Wize Guyz American Italian Restaurant, helmed by chef/owner Keith Tagner and owners Ghazi Elrehayel and Daryl Rosenberger, is set to open soon at 210 W. Dixon Blvd. The location was previously occupied by...