New restaurant to open at Village at Meridian this month
by James Patrick Kelly Bodovino is opening a second Treasure Valley location on Saturday, Aug. 27, and the food menu will be noticeably larger than its wine-bar concept at 404 S. 8th St. in Boise. The new Bodovino Ristorante will be in Fountain Square at The Village at Meridian, situated in the former Cacicia's Cucinas Old World Sicil...
True Tuscan Flavors at SE Division’s New Pinolo Gelateria
By Karen Brooks While other food businesses are scrambling for media coverage, Sandro Paolini is too busy actually crafting his goods to field a phone interview about his new gelateria: "I can't talk. I must go. The gelato is making!!" Click. Never has getting hung up on felt more inspired. Here's the deal. The day before, I had r...
Two restaurant veterans open new Eugene dining spot, Baker Butcher
By Sherri Buri McDonald Two seasoned chefs who left established careers in Los Angeles to be closer to family in Eugene have opened a restaurant in the Fifth Street Public Market in downtown Eugene. The husband-and-wife team of Scott and Nicole Garrett recently opened Baker Butcher, an Italian restaurant, in the market's international foo...
Seattle’s Old Spaghetti Factory to close in December
By Vernal Coleman There aren't many restaurants in the region that offer diners an opportunity to eat Italian-style cuisine in an old streetcar — soon there will be one fewer. Opened in 1970, the Old Spaghetti Factory in Seattle will serve its last entree on Dec. 23, according to a note posted to the restaurant's website. ...
L'Italia si presenta a Las Vegas
Pochi giorni ancora alla terza edizione di Imex America, la più importante Fiera del turismo congressuale negli Stati Uniti e una delle principali al mondo, in calendario a Las Vegas nei giorni 15-17 ottobre prossimi. Con l'accordo sottoscritto da Enit (Agenzia Nazionale del Turismo), Regioni e Federcongressi, questa edizione della Fiera è...
Joey Maggiore of Cuttlefish Will Open Notorious Burgers and Vevo Italian Marketplace This Year
This is part two of our interview with Joey Maggiore of Cuttlefish in Scottsdale. The seafood restaurant opened late last year and features an oyster bar (complete with Vespa seating) and a menu of coastal Italian cuisine. Today, we're talking about the two new restaurants Maggiore plans to open around Scottsdale this year. Be sure to go b...
Marco's Pizza to expand to Utah
Marco's Pizza is expanding to Utah and has several locations available for entrepreneurs to start building their franchise restaurants and customer base, according to a company press release. "Our franchisees come from a remarkably wide variety of backgrounds. But there's a common thread among our franchisees — passion for the Marco's product....
A little bit of Italy opens in Homer
On a trip to the Spit one can find freshly cooked seafood, gift shops, fishing charters, tourists from a variety of places and, now, gelato. Nestled in between AK Starfish Co. and Alpaca Connection, Carmen's Gelato serves up authentic Italian gelato, made by 29-year-old Homer native Carmen Ricciardi. Previously, Carmen's Gelato existed as a ca...
Cafe Lago's Portage Bay Market and Italian Deli Is Open
Little Lago, the neighborhood market and Italian deli spin-off of Montlake's popular Cafe Lago, has quietly opened. The project from Carla Leonardi replaces Ericka Burke's upscale mercantile Canal Market, which closed in February. Little Lago's social media channels are calling this a "soft opening," which for all intents and purposes mean...
Galletti’s serves Italian in Seaview
A hybrid restaurant opened in Seaview last July, in the location that once hosted a dollar store and then a gun shop. In the morning and early afternoon the building is home to the Metro Espresso, offering breakfast, lunch and coffee. In the evening the establishment is Galletti's, an Italian restaurant filling what owners Ron and Sue Ann Starheim...
Dondino Has Finally Come Back Home to Las Vegas
The Italian American Club on August 11, 2013 welcomed Dondino back to Las Vegas and the audience once again fell in love with the magnificent Dondino. Vibrant and stunning as ever, dressed in his signature tuxedo, Dondino captured the audience. His style and humor had the audience recalling memories of why they fell in love with him so man...
Salt Lake City native chucks it all for Italy
What traveler hasn't daydreamed of selling one's possessions and returning to live in the foreign country where one feels alive and full of joy? But how many people actually do it? Salt Lake City native Lisa Condie did and is creating a new life in Florence, Italy, where she and another Salt Lake City native are building a tour compan...