Bella’s Italian Restaurant in Banner Elk Hosts Awards Dinners for ‘The Grandfather Challenge’ Hiking Program for At-Risk Kids
“The Grandfather Challenge” program is sponsored by The Jason Project, Inc., which was formed by the parents of Jason Matthew Nipper, who passed away in June of 2014 at age 26. This private foundation provides outdoor/wilderness and hiking excursions and similar programs which are designed to build self-confidence in struggling youth, as well as tr...
Longtime Myrtle Beach-area restaurateur opens new pizzeria in Pawleys Island
The owner of Bellissimo Italian Pizzeria in Conway is embarking on her next restaurant adventure this fall. After selling Bellissimo earlier this year, she’s opening a new business down in Pawleys Island. Rose Misseri plans to open Rosie’s Pizzeria close to Thanksgiving. The Post & Courier Myrtle Beach first reported on the business’ plans last mon...
Italian film legend inspires Pizzeria Sophia | Review
Pizzeria Sophia, located west of Florida’s Turnpike on the corner of 441 and Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, is among a crop of casual Italian eateries that opened their doors in the past year. This is a non-kosher restaurant that offers vegetarian selections. There is plenty of outdoor patio dining, but the restaurant’s centerpiece and namesake c...
Italian Deli and Market Little Hats Slated for Germantown
An Italian deli is slated to open in about two weeks at the Peafowl Theatre Building in Germantown. Andrew Dodd and Chris Grissom will own and operate the business, which will have an address of 1120 Fourth Ave. N. Dodd said Little Hats Italian Market will employ about 10 people. The name is derived from the Italian word cappelletti (which will be...
New Italian And Steak Restaurant Planning To Open In Coral Springs
A new fine-dining Italian and steak restaurant is planning to open in Coral Springs before the end of the year. Incontro Italian Cuisine Steakhouse will be opening at The Walk Of Coral Springs at 2752 University Drive, the owner, Pedro Bitar, said Tuesday. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Bitar said he has been in the restaurant business for much of his...
New Don Giovanni restaurant in Port Orange is authentically Italian; so is the owner
Italian restaurant and food options are plenty all over Volusia County.To distinguish itself, the new Don Giovanni Contemporary Italian and Pizzeria restaurant in Port Orange plans to bring to the table the authentic, native Italian cuisine experience. Owner Giovanni Spinosa got involved in the restaurant business in as casual a manner as possible....
Timpano reopens this week in Hyde Park. Is it the same restaurant?
Recently, at a soft reopening party for Timpano in Hyde Park, the dining room was packed with guests, many of them familiar faces. Some were teenagers when they first visited the Italian restaurant with their parents, and recalled graduation dinners and family celebrations. Others were regulars up until the day the restaurant closed its doors. But...
With love, from Sicily: A true Italian restaurant you need to know about | Let’s Go, South Florida
Sicilian-born Lucia Saglimbeni will tell you her Lighthouse Point restaurant Rocca Trattoria isn’t a business. “It’s a place where you get the same feeling as if you are at home, that each and every plate is made with love.” She isn’t just saying this. The chef came alone to the United States from Italy in 2014. Her mother had died the year before...
Italian chain restaurant plans November opening near Universal Orlando
An Italian-style chain restaurant, North Italia, is planning its grand opening for Nov. 3 not far from Universal Orlando. The restaurant is opening up at 7335 W. Sand Lake Road Suite 143 in the Dr. Phillips area, according to a news release. North Italia has 29 locations across the U.S. This will be the third location in Florida — the first two ar...
Mangia! Feast of Little Italy returns
The Feast of Little Italy is marking two decades of hearty food and Italian-American entertainment with its return Nov. 5-7 to Abacoa in Jupiter. A bonus: The festival will offer free admission to mark that 20th anniversary as a way of saying thanks for the two decades of support. “As I reflected on the past two decades, my heart is full of gratitu...
Italian-born DalMoros Fresh Pasta to Go opens first US location on St. Petersburg's Central Avenue
DalMoros Fresh Pasta to Go is a fun quirky food concept born in Venice, Italy. It opened its very first U.S. location on Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg. Various shapes and sizes of pasta, made with a specific Italian flour making the noodles feel lighter, are made fresh every single day in a busy pasta machine right in the streetfront wi...
Circle of life: Pizza making news in Naples area
The glut of recent pizzeria news in Southwest Florida supports the theory that pizza may be the circle of life. Most people passionately care about pizza and have deep-seated personal preferences about pizza. New York or Chicago, hand-tossed slices or cracker-thin squares, plain or pineapple, handheld or knife and fork; it’s often best not to broac...