Making Italian Wine with a Georgian Accent
Carlo Catani, an activist with the Slow Food movement, was at a wine show in Italy two years ago tasting some bottles from Georgia when an idea struck him: what if he were able to convince Italian winemakers to make wine using the traditional Georgian method of fermenting it in large clay vessels known as kvevri? The initial idea was somet...
Veni Vidi Vici, Old-School Italian Social Club, Lands on 79th Street
NE 79th Street -- with the Russian market Marky's, Brazilan hotspot Boteco, and the German Schnitzel House -- feels like New York at the turn of the century. Now there's the Italian social club with a name that means "I came, I saw, I conquered." The new Veni Vidi Vici is all about Abruzzo coffee, Italian wine, Italian ice, and Italian mini-bites d...
Melissa Stonesifer: St. Lucie Bakery offers Italian delights at two locations
By Melissa Stonesife The Morningside Shoppes in Port St. Lucie have been the home of the St. Lucie Bakery for more than 26 years. Originally from Naples, Italy, John and Rose Arciprete moved to New York and opened a bakery, then later relocated to Florida, where they opened a bakery many of us are familiar with: the St. Lucie Bakery...
Russo’s Restaurants Targets Regional Growth throughout Greater Memphis Area
Russo’s Restaurants, the founders of dining concepts that include Russo’s New York Pizzeria and Russo’s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, announced today plans to significantly enhance the brands’ footprint in the Greater Memphis Area in order to continue expansion into key markets. Demonstrating the excitement around the brand, Russo’s kicked o...
Local Business Spotlight - Hoops Italian Grille
This week The Daily Post-Athenian would like to honor Hoop's Italian Grille with its Local Business Spotlight. Hoop's Italian Grille is owned and operated by Dave Hooper. At Hoop's Italian Grille, Dave is making homemade traditional Italian food, done the old-fashioned way. He got his start in the restaurant business while living in North...
Il Mulino New York: Italian-American razzle dazzle in Sunny Isles
by Jodi Mailander Farrell Il Mulino New York is poised to open a second South Florida outpost this spring in South Beach. Can the classic Italian-American restaurant still razzle dazzle? If its Sunny Isles location inside Acqualina Resort & Spa is any indication, some of us are still smitten with its trademark Old World nostalgia...
From retirement to restaurant: Alfredo's in Fort Myers
by Anne Reed "Do you see that couple over there?" asked Alfredo Seritti, chef and owner of Alfredo's Restaurant, gesturing to an older couple sipping soup at a booth near the entrance. "It's their fifth time here. They love the garlic soup." Seritti and his son, Andre, opened Alfredo's two weeks ago near Sun Sports Cycle and Water...
Jerry's Pizzeria Tiki Bar & Grill offers a slice of fun
After a day of household chores and errands, Flagler/Palm Coast News-Tribune editor Aaron London and his wife, Kim, decided that cooking dinner was not in the game plan. Remembering a restaurant on their list to explore, they decided to venture out to Ponce Inlet to Jerry's Pizzeria Tiki Bar & Grill, just across the street from their favorite b...
Seafood fra diavolo based in Italian culinary traditions
In his native Bari along the southeast coast of Italy, Gianni Minervini recalls dining on seafood and a spicy sauce with pasta — but never those things combined in one dish because that would counter Italy's culinary sensibilities. So why is an all-in-one seafood-pasta-spicy-sauce dish on the menu at Minervini's restaurant, where Italian culinary...
Mangia! Mangia! Family Italian in Prospect
by Robin Garr My friend Bob has a vowel on the end of his name, and he proudly hails from New Jersey, so when he told me to check out Bistro 42 in Prospect for its great Italian* food, I figure he knows what he's talking about. Um, what's with that asterisk on "Italian*"? To put it gently, Italian family cookery in the...
Segafredo opening at Bayside Marketplace
by Laine Doss Despite changing times for Lincoln Road, one bistro remains a constant for both locals and tourists alike. Segafredo L'Originale, which opened in 2000 and brings a bit of Italian café life to the pedestrian mall, serves cappuccinos and cocktails to people and their coiffed canines who frequent the outdoor spot as much for its...
Sommelier Talk: Daniel Pernice Brings Italia to Georgia
Not all dynamic wine programs live in major cities and cover dozens of pages. Daniel Pernice, 33, left a vaunted Manhattan establishment when he got the opportunity to create a wine list of his own back in his hometown of Roswell, Ga., a vibrant suburb of Atlanta. He earned Osteria Mattone a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for its 130-selection...