Eataly signing at Miami’s Brickell CityCentre: report
Mario Batali's Italian-themed food market Eataly is one of the first stores to sign for retail space at Swire Properties' $1.05 billion Brickell CityCentre site in Miami, exMiami reported, citing unnamed sources. Eataly has a 50,000-square-foot space – including a rooftop garden and restaurant – in the Flatiron District in Manhattan, and is op...
Simply Italian Great Wines: Il vino italiano protagonista a Miami con la CCI
La Camera di Commercio Italiana nel Southeast degli Stati Uniti è partner ufficiale della 5a Edizione di "Simply Italian Great Wines", che si terrà a Miami l'11 febbraio prossimo. La manifestazione vedrà la partecipazione di circa 40 espositori italiani e di numerosi importatori, distributori, ristoratori, sommeliers e media specializzati presenti...
Southern ingredients meet Italian techniques at Le Farfalle
The giant wheel of parmigiana-reggiano at the center of a Le Farfalle dining room makes the point: Italian cooking traditions are at the core of this new restaurant from New York City restaurant scene vets Michael and Caitlin Toscano. But while the cheese hails from Italy, many of the dishes it's plotted to complement are local to the Lowc...
Graziano Sbroggio, who owns Graspa Group, brings Italian flair to dining scene
Twenty-three years after arriving in Miami from his native Italy at age 27, Graziano Sbroggio has achieved the proverbial American dream. Now age 50, Sbroggio leads a local restaurant empire; including owning the management company Graspa Groupo, and co-owning an assortment of popular Miami Beach mainstays, such as TiramisU, Spris, Segafre...
Pizzeria brings slice of New York to Lexington
By Sharon Myers Transplants from up North have gained a little slice of home, and locals can now experience authentic New York dishes with the opening of Times Square Pizzeria and Italian Eatery in Lexington. Owner Sal Vatore is also as authentic as it comes, since he was born and raised in Naples, Italy, lived in New York and has opened...
Hot Dish: Surf and turf the Italian way at Tuscan Bistro
Hot Dish: Pasta special featuring filet mignon and seafood, from Tuscan Bistro. Price: $30. On the menu since: This dish has been featured as a routine special since 2014. How it's made: It all starts with a heap of premium proteins: 4 ounces of filet mignon, 4 ounces of day-boat scallops and 4 ounces of jumbo shrimp. Chef Ernest...
Palermo's offers authentic Italian cuisine
Lexington has a new Italian restaurant that may have a familiar name to some people. Edwardo Portillo and his parents, Marta and Jose Portillo, have opened Palermo's Italian Cuisine in the Lexington Parkway Plaza shopping center in the former Mi Pueblo location. He said they have previously owned two different Palermo's locations, one...
Inside Bulloch Business with DeWayne Grice - Famous in Athens, Little Italy to open in Boro
Twenty five years after opening there, the owners of the small, family-owned pizza chain are coming to Statesboro. Owner Frank Cortese recently acquired the parking lot between Waffle House and Yates-Astro Termite and Pest Control on South Main St. in the heart of the Blue Mile. The actual address is 450 South Main. It was owned by Randy Nessmith a...
Moye Brings a Taste of True Italy to Brickell Avenue
Coming to Miami from Italy's regional Puglia — a coastal area bordering the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy, synonymous with the birthplace of burrata — Moye brings authentic, upscale Apulian cuisine to Miami's Brickell Avenue. The brainchild of restaurant moguls Tony Gallo and Chef Pietro Vardeu, the force behind Sunset Harbour's popular I...
Owners of Sardinia Open Campania in Design District Tonight UPDATED
The Design District will have another Italian restaurant to add to its roster of eateries tomorrow night when Campania opens its doors for dinner in the former Egg & Dart space. This will mark Tony Gallo and chef PIetro Vardeu's third Miami establishment. The first, Sardinia, focuses on cuisine of the region its aptly named after and h...
The Boot needs to tighten its execution, but you can cobble together a fine meal of Italian basics
If you were hoping for an S&M boutique, you're out of luck. The Boot is a trattoria presumably named for the leggy geography of Italy. Located amid a cluster of restaurants—Nana's, NanaTaco, The Original Q Shack, Thai Cafe—at the resurgent eastern end of University Drive in Durham, The Boot offers an uneven but generally appealing arra...
Chef Loris Navone Becomes Executive Chef of Coastal Italian Concept Restaurant, Tamarina, Located in the Heart of Miami's Financial District
Husband and wife duo Tunu and Yona Puri are proud to announce Chef Loris Navone as the Executive Chef of their coastal Italian concept, Tamarina, located in the heart of Brickell, Miami's booming financial district. Celebrated chef, Loris Navone, former Chef de cuisine of Dolce Italian South Beach and winner of Bravo's Best New Restaurant,...