Siena Tavern Opens November 10: Numbered Bar Lab Cocktails, Exclusive Wynwood Brew
Siena Tavern Miami opens to the public Monday, November 10, at 6 p.m., and the hotly anticipated outpost of Siena Tavern in Chicago, helmed by former Top Chef contestant Fabio Viviani, is gaining buzz before the first diner chows down on the restaurant's social-media-savvy (and savory) meatball. But what's behind the restaurant that's taken over t...
Skilled Italian cook valued family members, nature, travel
Gatherings at Josephine Strednak's property constantly included meals and hugs. "She was a tremendous Italian cook. We under no circumstances bought cookies, cakes or pies," said her husband, Raymond R. Strednak. Josephine A. "Josie" Cifone Strednak of Acme died Monday, March 23, 2015, in Cary, N.C., from complications of dementia and Par...
Alabama's first BRAVO! Cucina Italiana restaurant opens Thursday at Bridge Street Town Centre
Alabama's first BRAVO! Cucina Italiana restaurant is set to open Thursday at Bridge Street Town Centre in Huntsville. The restaurant said in a Tuesday news release that a ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. The doors will then be opened for lunch. Read more Source: http://www.al.com/
Alfredo's Italian Ristorante in downtown Clinton on the move
By Kim Hasty The banging of hammers and whirring of drills will soon give way to glasses clinking in toasts and to the murmur of companionable conversation. That aroma of new construction so pervasive these days? That soon will give way to the aromas of made-from-scratch marinara and freshly baked bread. Alfredo's Italian Ristorante,...
Bar Tulia Pours Traditional Imported Italian Wines at Disisa Dinner on Thursday
by Tiara Brown Famous for its farmhouse design with a big city feel, Bar Tulia will host a Disisa Wine dinner this Thursday, June 25 on Fifth Avenue at 6 p.m. Bar Tulia is an Italian gastropub with modern pub fare, craft cocktails and fine Italian wines. Unlike many restaurants in the United States, the chefs at Bar Tulia do not c...
Chef Matt Gallaher brings Italian-themed Emilia to Market Square; staff was ready to grow
Three weeks ago Chef Matt Gallaher opened his second Knoxville restaurant, Emilia. Named after his grandmother, Emily Jackson, and sister, Emily Cowan, the new eatery at 16 Market Square comes a mere 3 1/2 years after he debuted Knox Mason at 131 S. Gay Street. The success he found at the Gay Street eatery has quickly wound its way to his...
Trattoria Il Mulino brings Italian fine dining to table
Trattoria Il Mulino inside the Hilton Downtown offers a serene modern space for fine dining; the transformation from sports bar to chic restaurant alone gives Nashvillians another reason to become tourists in their own city. My review tells two sides: One that lives up to hype of the New York Italian dining establishment after which it is...
New Riverside Italian Restaurant Latest On Jax Foodie Scene
by Jessica Palombo Northeast Florida's restaurant scene is heating up, with a new eatery's being announced seemingly every day. The latest addition is a "modern Italian" restaurant called Il Desco opening Thursday, Nov. 12, in Riverside in the space that used to be Pele's pizza joint. Wood-fired pizzas are still on the menu, but...
An Italian strip mall restaurant in Little Havana that doesn’t strip your wallet
Melt-in-your-mouth fresh wisps of octopus carpaccio with a hint of lemon and shallots suggest Miami's fine dining side. Yet here you are, in a strip mall with a check cashing store and a florist promoting funeral flowers. Red Carpet is an Italian restaurant run by two Venezuelan brothers in the heart of Little Havana. It sounds like the be...
Fazoli’s Italian restaurant chain sold
By Mark Fisher The Fazoli's Italian restaurant chain, which operates seven restaurants in the Dayton-Springfield area, has a new corporate owner. The Lexington, Ky.-based, fast-casual restaurant chain has been sold by Sun Capital Partners to Sentinel Capital Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Private-equity group Sentinel has ac...
Italian-Themed Food Court Headed for South First
The new owner of the empty lot at 1502 S. First has reconsidered and is leasing space to food trucks again, but this time with a definite Italian flavor. Fresh pasta favorite Regal Ravioli will be the lot's first tenant. Company founder Zach Adams told us this morning the greater visibility of the South First lot was the "catalyst for the...
Attempt at World’a largest cannolo to take place November 9 at Jupiter’s Feast of Little Italy
An official attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest cannolo ever made will take place on Sunday, November 9 at 2 p.m. at the annual Feast of Little Italy at the Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter, FL. The current official Guinness database reflects a cannolo made in 2010 in Newburgh, NY that weighed in at 123 pounds. However, in July...