The Italian Pavilion opens at Winter Fancy Food Show
About 80 Italian companies are exhibiting at the Italian Pavilion at the Winter Fancy Food Show. It is a great opportunity for Italian companies to promote their products says Antonino Laspina Commissioner of the Italian Trade Agency in New York. The companies at the Italian Pavilion receive support and assistance by the Italian Trade Agency. To ki...
An Italian market and dining experience you have never had before at Salt & Olive
Nowadays, when you go out to eat you’re looking for something you haven’t had before. The owners of the new Italian restaurant Salt & Olive wanted to create a new, dynamic, and elevated experience. Upfront you see a setting similar to an Italian marketplace, a more fast casual experience. As you move further in, the menu evolves with high end entre...
At the start of the pandemic, chef Chase Dopson caught the pasta bug. That hobby has since evolved into a business
Pastificio d’Oro is a restaurant inside another restaurant in St. Johns. But its heart—and thus, your stomach—is in Bologna, the Italian city known for its handmade pasta, meat ragù (aka “Bolognese”) and mortadella (which America turned into, yes, “bologna”). It also happens to be one of Portland’s sister cities. The beloved cuisine of Emilia-Romag...
Verone's Sausage Company: five generations serve up an appetizing legacy
Wild or spicy, made with fennel, anise or garlic, there’s nothing like a delicious Italian sausage. Just ask the Verone family, who has been in the sausage business for nearly 100 years. The company was started in 1923 by Joe Verone, who came from Calabria bearing his family’s traditional sausage recipe, and opened a meat-cutting business in Sumner...
Skip Olive Garden. Try these 10 unique pasta dishes at metro Phoenix restaurants instead
Pasta has always been there for me when I needed it. When I'm sad, a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs. When I'm celebrating, a decadent heap of seafood linguine with blackened scallops in a white wine butter sauce. Pasta is my favorite dining partner and it never lets me down. I've been eating a lot of pasta lately. From the baked penne with n'du...
Brezza combines quality ingredients with smooth atmosphere
There are places that feel comfortable no matter how sophisticated they are. Brezza in Resorts World Las Vegas is one such environment, with sleek wood and metal elements evoking mid-century modern design in a low-key way. Along the sides of the dining area are slightly elevated, plush booths, with a variety of tables leading out to a patio area. O...
Eldorado chef Centemeri to head up new Italian restaurant at Harrah's Lake Tahoe
Visitors to Stateline can now get a taste of Carano family mushroom ravioli magic. Sapori Italian Kitchen is the latest culinary addition to Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, part of the Carano family's Caesars Entertainment empire. It will feature the family's famed mushroom ravioli and other signature dishes by Chef Ivano Centemeri, executive chef of La Strad...
Vinny’s Italian Kitchen keeps clientele loyal with classic food, ambiance
Flirting with the camera, chef Vinny DiCostanzo still charms crowds at his namesake restaurant. Vinny’s Italian Kitchen retains the loyal clientele that two decades ago cemented DiCostanzo’s local reputation. Reborn in late 2020, Vinny’s resumed operations at its original east Medford location as though DiCostanzo and his wife, Gina, had never left...
5 Best Italian Restaurants in Portland, OR
Below is a list of the top and leading Italian Restaurants in Portland. To help you find the best Italian Restaurants located near you in Portland, we put together our own list based on this rating points list. The top-rated Italian Restaurants in Portland, OR are: - Nostrana – specializes in cooking its client’s genuine Italian dishes flavored to...
Caffe Vita Reinvents the Former La Marzocco Cafe at KEXP in Seattle
Seattle coffee purveyor Caffe Vita has permanently taken over the high-profile La Marzocco Cafe & Showroom in the Seattle Center KEXP radio building. The La Marzocco cafe made a mighty coffee splash when it opened in the shadow of the Space Needle in 2016. It served as a functioning everyday cafe, but also as a showroom for the Italian espresso mac...
The Italian Daughter is as authentic and amazing as it gets
When restaurateur Melissa Maggiore Meyer was a guest on the AZ Big Podcast, one of the themes that ran throughout the conversation was “family” and the importance of food when it comes to family — especially Italian families. Some of the strongest memories that fill the minds and spirits of those who grew up in Italian families are those of family...
Denver-Based Mici Handcrafted Italian Launches Franchising; Signs 30-Unit Deal in Phoenix to Jump-Start Expansion
For the last 18 years Jeff Miceli, founder of Mici Italian, has been on a mission to solve an issue plaguing the $47b pizza industry ? speed and quality. While the vast majority of pizza restaurants can own one ? he wanted to own both. Now, with six ? and soon to be seven ? Colorado-based restaurants, a systemwide AUV of $1.2m, an award shelf full...