You Know What's Capable of Melting the Seattle Freeze? Seattle's Biggest Pizza Pie.
I first called Italian Family Pizza a few years ago, when they were downtown on First Avenue. "Do you guys deliver to Pioneer Square?" "Nah," came a woman's voice, audibly steeped in Philly cheesesteaks and padded by the cacophonous hum of a busy pizzeria. "We only delivah tah the Hahhhhbaaah Steps." Translation: "We only deliver...
Pietro Borghesi: the man behind La Spiga
"Sono nato a Bukavu in Congo nel 1964", I was born in Bukavo, Congo in 1964. Pietro Borghesi starts to talk about his life with the charm of a novelist, the spirit of an Italian from Romagna and the deliberation of an international soul. Behind this man there is a three generations family history intertwined of colorful stories that span betw...
10 places to get great Italian food in Vegas
Italian food is one of those things that just about everyone loves. And what's not to love? Pasta. Pizza. Hearty sauces. Cheese. Fresh seafood. Pretty much everything about Italian food is awesome. When it comes to Italian food there are lots of choices and Vegas has you covered. Whether you are hungry for Northern, Southern, family-style...
Nove Italiano's bar plates equal elevated temptation
Nove means "nine" in Italian, and that's your magic number when you make your way to Nove Italiano at the top of the Palms Fantasy Tower. Once you enter you'll be tempted to secure one of those incredible tables by the windows, offering some of the most dynamic views of the Vegas Valley, but if you hang at the bar you'll discover the magical menu o...
Catching up with Chef Luciano Pellegrini
by Brock Radke Daniel Boulud's DB Brasserie opened recently at the Venetian, a welcome return for the New York chef who first operated a Las Vegas restaurant at Wynn. The DB design is completely unrecognizable from Valentino, the award-winning eatery that operated there for 14 years, the anchor of Venetian's many Italian restaurants. &nbs...
It’s all about the sauce at Sauce
Sauce, the restaurant is called, and it turns out the name is very appropriate. The sauce is, after all, the backbone of any Italian restaurant, particularly those of the Southern persuasion, the aptly dubbed red-sauce joints. Any Italian chef worth his or her garlic knows that a long-steeped, deeply flavored sauce is about all it takes t...
Capt. Louie Carbone’s sneak preview of new Italian restaurant Carbone in Aria
By Robin Leach The old-fashioned glamour and luxury is the first thing you're bowled over by at the new, swanky Italian restaurant Carbone at Aria that officially celebrates its grand opening Thursday night. The second thing that grabs you by your cogliones is the legendary lineup of captains — no waiters here. Just vet...
New Italian restaurant opening on Kauai's North Shore
The Foodland-anchored Princeville Center on Kauai's North Shore is adding a new Italian restaurant called Piazza, the leasing firm for the center confirmed to PBN. The eatery will serve pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven, among other Italian dishes. Piazza is scheduled to open later this year and is owned by two local families, one of whic...
Dio Mio Dishes Up Internationally Inspired Pastas
Dio Mio Pasta hosted its second pop-up this past Sunday at Hop Alley in RiNo. Dio Mio in Italian actually translates to "oh, God," which seems like an appropriate and fitting response to the food they will be serving up—as in, "oh, God! it's that good." The concept behind this pasta-focused restaurant will be a casual, counter service kitc...
Neighborhood Italian: Chef Marc Sgrizzi holds it down for the little guy
Pink sauce and punches. My first meal at Parma involved both, because Chef Marc isn't one to stay in the kitchen. The sauce, a luscious potion of imported tomatoes, a touch of basil and fresh cream, made simple cheese ravioli sing. As for the punches, the third-generation Italian was a Golden Gloves champion back in Miami in the '80s, so w...
Salute Trattoria Italiana: The Next Italian Standout in Vegas
by Ryan Simoneau With so many new restaurants constantly opening up on the Las Vegas Strip, it's all to easy to overlook some real gems that are located just off The Strip. The upscale Red Rock Casino Resort in nearby Summerlin has quietly overhauled its restaurant offerings over the last couple of years. Now then casino has just...
The Crankiest Italian Restaurateur in Seattle
My boyfriend likes really bad Chinese food—the beige and greasy kind, served in karaoke bars and bowling-alley card rooms. So early on in our relationship, when he told me he wanted to try a teeny-tiny Ravenna Italian restaurant, with a cartoonish red and green sign that gives off a Mama-Mia-You'll-Love-Our-Spaghetti! vibe, I was quick to...