Barbecue and pizza? This Madison Italian restaurant has both and more
“Wanna go to the Italian place?” An invitation with those words in it is one I rarely, if ever, turn down. Heading into the parking lot of Angelo’s, located just off I-55 North near Gluckstadt, I was surprised to see the words “barbecue and pizza” along with Italian. Although I had my mind set on my favorite cuisine, I was glad to see others could...
Casa Tua Courtside Returns To The 2020 Miami Open
Last year, the Miami Open made its first debut at the impressive Hard Rock Stadium to much acclaim. After both players and fans wondered how exactly a tennis tournament would take place inside a massive football stadium, the Miami Open and IMG delivered above and beyond any expectations with new luxury accommodations, facilities, pop-ups experience...
Antico Pizza founder is opening a Sicilian slice shop
Is Sicilian pizza about to be the next big trend? In August, Anthony Spina, of O4W Pizza and Nina & Rafi, announced he’d be bringing Sicilian slices to Virginia-Highland this spring with a restaurant called Pizza By the Slice. Now Antico Pizza’s Giovanni di Palma is getting in on the action with Gio’s Sicilian, which will hold a soft opening this w...
Newly opened Angelino Palmetto brings Italian cuisine alternative to Manatee County
Ask manager Fabio Onori what he would recommend from the menu at Angelino Palmetto, and he might recommend the parmigiana, the rigatoni alla carbonara or the saltimbocca all romana. “All are very good,” he said. Angelino Palmetto recently opened at 336 Eighth Ave. W. in a white, two-story buidling that has been home to several previous restaurants....
Leonardo La Cava: 9 Years Promoting Health Through Italian Cuisine
“I am most of all an educator,” says Leonardo La Cava, 29, who approached the cuisine in his adolescence when he was living in Rome. He learned valuable lessons from a very young age: food makes people come together, fresh is better, cooking is an art and you are what you eat. “There is nothing like making fresh pasta with your family on a Sunday a...
Grappino opens in Naples
You can never have too much of a good thing, at least as far as Fabrizio and Ingrid Aielli are concerned. The couple first came to the Paradise Coast when chef Fabrizio cooked for the Naples Winter Wine Festival, and the seaside ambience and availability of fresh seafood immediately transported him back to his native Venice. After relocating here...
Old World Italian Cuisine in Bradenton “315 to the 941”
Did you know we have our very own upstate New York, Utica inspired restaurant in Bradenton, FL? Lamantini Trattoria brings Old-World style Italian cuisine with a modern flare to Manatee County. It is next to Blake Hospital off 59th Street West, previously well-known local spot, Nikki’s on 59th. Where does this interesting name come from you might a...
4 top options for low-priced Italian eats in Atlanta
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable Italian restaurants around Atlanta, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to satisfy your cravings. 1. Your Pie Topping the list is an outpost of the chain Your Pie. Located at 275 Memorial Drive SE,...
Love for Italian cuisine inspires Martino’s in Oconee
When Martino Canelo moved to the United States from Peru in 1986, he started working in an Italian restaurant to support himself while he took English classes. He started as a bus boy and worked his way up the ranks to be a waiter, a bartender, then a cook.Canelo fell in love with the cuisine and, after working in Italian restaurants in several cit...
Review: This Fort Lauderdale Italian restaurant lost its chef and a half-star -- but it’s still one of the best
Chef Joel Ehrlich moved from San Francisco back to his hometown of Fort Lauderdale last summer to take over the kitchen at One Door East, the global small plates restaurant next to Valentino Cucina Italiana. Giovanni Rocchio, the founding chef and partner of both restaurants, had spent years trying to lure Ehrlich east. The two became friends aft...
New deli/wine bar in Wilton Manors is the American dream for Italian couple
Antonella Diluca and Simone Raccanello emigrated from Italy to South Florida in early December. Two months later, on Feb. 4, the couple opened Via Vai Italian Deli and Wine Bar in Wilton Manors. “We had a big dream, the American dream,” says Diluca. “We love America. We love Florida. But I can [say] it was not easy. We were scared, of course. We ju...
Saluti, Birmingham! Lé Fresca is open—take a peek inside
The 4 P’s of great Italian food: pizza, pasta, prosciutto, and prosecco. Find it all—and more—on 2nd Ave right here in downtown Birmingham. We went behind-the-scenes, and we’re bringing you with us! Check it out. Chef Marco Butturini has created magic in many popular Birmingham kitchens, including Highlands Bar & Grill, Chez Fonfon and Bottega. Mar...