Fazoli’s Fuels Florida Growth with Key Franchise Deal in Tampa
Fazoli’s – the renowned, Lexington-based brand known for serving up premium Italian dishes at a great value – continues to expand its Florida footprint as the brand brings its craveable dishes to Tampa. Fazoli’s President and CEO Carl Howard announced today that the company has executed an area development agreement with Franchisee Carlos L. Saenz...
Naples restaurants: Grappino Regional Italian Cuisine grows Aielli empire
Fabrizio Aielli is chef and owner to three of Naples' most prominent restaurants: Sea Salt, Dorona and Barbatella. Last week, he welcomed a fourth into the fold, Grappino, with a menu focused on Italian comfort foods. “It’s a very classic, very homey Italian menu,” Ingrid Aielli said. Fabrizio's wife and business partner, Ingrid has helped launch...
Tampa’s new Rocca restaurant scores our food critic’s first ever ‘10′
At Rocca, there are at least three different types of olive oil. There’s a Ligurian version, a golden elixir that’s floral and soft. There’s a Sicilian oil that’s deeply aromatic with an almost spicy finish. And then there’s the Spanish Venta del Baron, an award-winning pale green oil that’s fruity and herbaceous and comes draped over a plate of ha...
Divieto Ristorante opens its doors in Aventura Mall
Divieto Ristorante proudly opened the doors to its third location in Aventura Mall, offering locals and visitors from around the world a unique culinary take on Italian-American fusion cuisine, in a fun and family friendly 1920’s décor. After positioning itself among the most loved and visited Italian restaurants in both Doral and Estero, Divieto R...
These Five Dishes Define the Italian Spirit Behind Lyla Lila in Midtown
Chef Craig Richards describes the food at his new Midtown restaurant, Lyla Lila, as “Italian in spirit and technique,” but with an “expanded pantry” that also features many Georgia grown ingredients. The menu spotlights flavors and dishes found throughout Italy and southern Spain, and offers seven pastas and risottos. Pasta is a craft Richards has...
The Cannoli Guy brings Italian favorites to Covington
Steve Del Gardo, aka the Cannoli Guy, is an engaging conversationalist. He explains that he is a male breast cancer survivor who, after, a long stint in the world of “do good” is aspiring to live what always has been his dream, the delivery of fine Sicilian food to American homes. “I ran a cancer foundation that was called Protect the Pecs. I went...
Bottega Veneta serves burgers with a side of luxury: Inside the brand’s gilded Miami diner
Bottega Veneta wants to make its mark in Miami by mixing fashion with french fries. The Italian luxury label recently opened a new boutique in Miami’s Design District, and to celebrate, it is taking over the 24-hour 11th Street Diner—an Art Deco-style Paramount dining car located in South Beach—through December 14. Bottega Veneta put the Midas touc...
Miami’s 5 Best Spots To Spend Big On Italian food
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end Italian restaurants around Miami, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to meet your needs. 1. MC Kitchen Topping the list is MC Kitchen. Located at 4141 N.E. Second Ave., Suite 101A in the Li...
Taste Of The Town: Italian Restaurant ‘Boia De’ Sophisticated, Yet Whimsical
Tucked in a strip mall off 52nd Street and NE 2nd Avenue is Boia De, a small retro yet modern hidden gem owned by chef couple Luci Giangrandi and Alex Meyer.This is the first restaurant for the duo, who before that operated a popular Mexican food cart in The Miami Design District. They met several years ago when they worked together in the kitchen...
Suzanne Perrotto: An Uncompromising Chef Expands Her Pineapple Grove Dining Empire
Suzanne Perrotto’s life is whirling as fast as a whisk mixing scrambled eggs. What makes her stand out from everyone else whose life is on high speed is that her end creations are centered, delicious and inclusive. We’re not talking about food, per se, but about this executive chef/owner’s capability to open two popular restaurants on the same stre...
WINNER: Who has the best pasta in Atlanta? | Best of Atlanta
Pasta is a dish that can easily and affordably be made at home, but can also be found at most restaurants in metro Atlanta. The noodles you’ll find at some of Atlanta’s most popular Italian restaurants “are almost always handmade, using flour, eggs and a lot of love,” Bob Townsend wrote for the AJC Dining Guide: The Noodle Edition. And Atlanta lo...
LaMotta’s brings New York pizza to you
There is a shirt for sale at LaMotta's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria on San Carlos Boulevard imploring you not to go to New York for pizza, to head to LaMotta's. Their New York style pizza has been a cornerstone for 40 years in Fort Myers and though it is not on the Beach, it feels like the last stop as you leave San Carlos Island with signs direct...