Vincenzo's Italian restaurant review in Louisville
Founded in 1986 by brothers Vincenzo and Agostino Gabriele, Vincenzo’s Italian Restaurant was recently listed number 22 on Yahoo’s list of top 50 Italian restaurants in the U.S. In 1999, the mayor of the city flew the brothers to Palermo to receive an award for their contribution in promoting Italian cuisine. Today, Vincenzo says healthy eating is...
Where Once a Burger Reigned on Howell Mill, Pasta Is Now King
Bastone“Bastone is meant to catch your eye from the street. The first thing you see is that big, bright red sign against the white exterior of the building. We want to draw you in, and then you get to experience the food here,” chef Pat Pascarella says of his latest restaurant Bastone, now open at the corner of 8th Street and Howell Mill Road. Pasc...
Bella's fresh-Italian concept makes for a new destination in Maryville
I was bummed to hear about Sullivan’s vacating its downtown Maryville location last year. But it seems that a suitable replacement might have found its way to that same Broadway address. Bella, which belongs to the same family of restaurants as Knoxville’s Kefi and Vida, specializes in Italian cuisine, which was impetus enough for The Grub Spouse a...
A Mano Italian Ristorante Brings the 315 to the 727
There’s lots of Italian restaurants in St. Petersburg, Florida. LOTS. The last two restaurant reviews we’ve published here have been Italian restaurants. (Make that three now.) People that know me have heard me painfully bemoan, “Do we really need another Italian restaurant in St. Pete?” A Mano Italian Ristorante on the corner of 59th Ave & 4th Str...
Amici’s First Atlanta Restaurant Opens March 15 in The Mark
Amici, which means “friends” in Italian, will open its first Atlanta location on Tuesday, March 15, in The Mark, a new 28-story, 230-unit student housing building, at 955 Spring St., according to a press release Wednesday. “We have always had a goal to open a location in Atlanta, and we want this Amici to be the Flagship of our brand,” Mike Torino,...
New Ciccio-backed, fast-casual Italian concept is off to a prime start
The teams behind the Ciccio Restaurant Group and Forbici Modern Italian have opened a new fast-casual restaurant concept in St. Petersburg. Jason Brunetti, co-founder of the Forbici Modern Italian restaurant in Tampa’s Hyde Park Village and an owner of multiple pizzerias in New York, partnered with the Ciccio Restaurant Group (CRG) to open the fast...
Sweet dreams: Dolce Gusto brings Italian pastries, breads and more to Fort Myers
Many Southwest Floridians refer to the pastries at the new Dolce Gusto Italian Market in south Fort Myers as "New York style," but to owner Vince Cangialosi they're the style he grew up eating at his family's cafes in Sicily — scratch-made cream puffs, decadent tarts, sfogliatella with their wavy, crunchy-crisp layers — and he is giddy about them. ...
Dining at Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria
Of the eleven pavilions in EPCOT’s World Showcase at the Walt Disney World Resort, the Italy Pavilion has long been a favorite of Guests who are looking to enjoy authentic dining in charming and immersive settings. The Italy pavilion is home to several dining options, including the very popular Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria, which whisks Guests...
At Jay Luigi “We Trust the Crust”
If you know me, which most of you likely don’t, you know I am a huge fan of Ciccio Restaurant Group (CRG). I’m a regular at Fresh Kitchen, Taco Dirty and Better Byrd (if you ever need to know the perfect meal to order from any of them, just ask me). And this is only a handful in their restaurant portfolio. You can find CRG eats across Tampa and St....
Tasting Cena: Fine Italian dining in the heart of Tampa’s Channel District
Cena, in Italian, means dinner or the evening meal, which is an appropriate name for a restaurant that features the creatively prepared cuisine of Italy and is open only for dinner. Located in the Grand Central at Kennedy complex in the hip Channel District of Tampa, Cena, led by its Executive Chef-Owner Michael Buttacavoli has developed a reputati...
Connecticut-based Polpo Italian restaurant opens second location at Eau Palm Beach
The second location of an Italian restaurant hailing from Greenwich, Connecticut has opened in an oceanfront dining space at Eau Palm Beach Resort. Polpo, which translates to “octopus,” debuted Feb. 1 to the public after a soft opening for Eau’s resort guests only. The 140-seat indoor-outdoor restaurant is part of a phased multimillion-dollar renov...
For A Pizza Baked In Louisville History, Head To Impellizzeri’s
If you’d like to time-travel back to the ‘70s and taste pizza the way our parents and grandparents did, all you need to do is head for Impellizzeri’s. Let me tell you why: Pizza impresario Benny Impellizzeri has been making pizza in Louisville since he started cooking at the fabled old Mario’s in Hikes Point in 1968, when LBJ was president and the...