Sicily meets Sonora at Chef Riley Chandler's “Stancato's Italiano Sonoran”
Chef Riley Chandler is not your traditional chef. While he’s plenty knowledgable and skilled with traditional techniques and methods, Chandler has charted his own unique path that has allowed him the freedom to explore all things culinary his own way. It’s this path that has led to Stancato’s Italiano Sonoran, a delivery focused restaurant operatin...
Truly Handmade Pasta Comes to St. Johns with Pastificio d’Oro
Just as many of us are making the transition from smartphones back to brick phones, there’s something to be said for going back to the old-school basics. That’s what chef Chase Dopson, whose résumé includes Toro Bravo, Bistro Agnes, and Jacqueline, is doing at his new Bologna-style pasta pop-up, Pastificio d’Oro, which he runs along with fiancé Mag...
Pignetti's Italian to open in former Phoenix Ballroom in downtown Waco
Waco businessman Tom Wright travels Interstate 35 almost weekly, craving the lasagna and the crab fondue at Pignetti’s Italian Restaurant in Temple. “Waco needs something like this, a high-class, upper-end, five-star restaurant,” said Wright, whose construction company bears his name. Heeding his own advice, Wright persuaded Pignetti’s owner Clinto...
Inside the Over-the-Top Vegas Restaurant Promising to Serve Italian-American ‘Psychedelic Food’
Spiegelworld, the mischievous live-entertainment company behind wild and wacky Vegas shows like Absinthe and Opium, wants to introduce diners on the Strip to “Italian-American Psychedelic” cuisine. Meet the new restaurant Superfrico, which will debut on September 24 next to the Opium theater at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort. What, exactly,...
Experience a little Italy in Las Vegas
Although it may seem as if there aren’t as many Italian joints in Las Vegas as in other cities, you’ll be surprised at just how many there really are. Even though most of the resorts have just one or two Italian-themed restaurants, The Venetian and The Grand Canal Shoppes have many more. Among them are Buddy V’s Ristorante (702.607.2355), with fami...
An Italian Restaurant With Live Jazz and a Neon Replica of Vegas Vic Heads to Symphony Park
A new restaurant and lounge headed to Symphony Park promises Italian fare and live music when it opens in 2022. Vic’s brings together Chris Lowden of Stoney’s Rockin’ Country fame and Mark DiMartino, who had DiMartino’s Family Deli and later operated the upscale Tillerman restaurant. The venue takes over more than 6,200 square feet of ground-level...
Lake Oswego's Nicoletta's Table expands Italian marketplace
Shari Newman had a vision, and the pandemic helped bring it to life. The owner of Nicoletta's Table and Marketplace is holding festivities to kick off the opening of the restaurant's revamped Italian marketplace — typical to what folks might find wandering the streets of Italy. From Sept. 9-12, the downtown Lake Oswego restaurant organized the Harv...
Osteria La Briccola finds the perfect spot for classical Italian
The most exciting restaurant to open in Ashland for more than a year builds on an award-winning chef’s four decades in the industry. Davide Ghizzoni was executive chef for Ca’ Del Sol near Universal Studios in Southern California’s Studio City before the coronavirus pandemic curtailed the restaurant’s special events, which his wife, Sherri, managed...
Pizza amore: Market Street Pizza owners’ relationship and business are rooted in the Italian favorite
Market Street Pizza overlooks downtown and the Spokane Valley with elaborate, spray-paint-decorated walls covering the back, including the Teenage Mutant Turtles and the beloved cartoon’s trademark food: pizza. Inside, the bustling dinner rush has staff moving, and children are at their happiest in the arcade to the left. Classic brick walls, pinba...
New Italian Restaurant Opens In Bellingham
A long anticipated restaurant has finally opened its doors in Bellingham, Washington. SLICED! A company out of Bakersfield, California known as “Slice of Italy” has finally opened its doors at 70 Bellis Fair Pkwy, Bellingham, WA 98226 at Bellis Fair Mall. This is the first business to occupy the location since Boston’s Pizza left in March of 2019....
Pizza Thief Invades Portland’s Thriving Pizza Scene
Pizza Thief, the hottest new pizza spot in the recently anointed best pizza city in America, started when two long-time friends decided to quit their day jobs and open a business together. The Portland, Oregon newcomer focuses on slices (and pies) both traditional and regional ingredient-driven, and features an adjoining bar (Bandit Bar) with cockt...
Bobby Flay's Amalfi is a celebration of italian cuisine
When restaurateur and chef Bobby Flay first began traveling through Italy, he might not have been intending to transform his Mesa Grill at Caesars Palace into an Italian restaurant. But when the opportunity to do so appeared, it seemed perfect. “Opening Amalfi at Caesars Palace has allowed me to showcase my passion for the Amalfi Coast and the fres...