A Chef Known for Neighborhood Mainstays Wades Into Boston’s Competitive Italian Restaurant Ring
High-profile chef Michael Scelfo is adding another restaurant to his growing Boston empire. Josephine, an Italian restaurant dedicated to pizzas, Roman street snacks, and recipes from Scelfo’s Italian American upbringing, is opening inside Somerville’s Cambria Hotel, at 515 Somerville Avenue, this spring. Plenty of Boston-area chefs are not happy a...
Vittori-Rocci Post sold for $2.2 million
The Vittori-Rocci Post has been sold for $2.2 million, another step in the plan to turn the veterans club into a rug store. The club sold the building on Feb. 1 to 143 Brimbal Avenue LLC, according to Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds records. The LLC was formed by Landry & Arcari Rugs and Carpeting, which plans to move its longtime Salem o...
“In Light of Rome” brings “exceptional” photography collection to the BCMA
Harpswell resident John McGuigan began his collection of early Roman photography as something of a side project to his work as an independent art historian. Now, more than a hundred of these photographs fill the Halford Gallery and the Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery on the first floor of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA), representing one...
Mark DeFranco: Giving Through a Shared Culture
Joining the Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge 2805 began as a family affair for Mark DeFranco. Mark, the group’s treasurer, who joined in 2004 to be with his cousin and the group’s founder Neil Velleca, Sr., saw it as an opportunity to socialize and work with other Italian-Americans. “My cousin, Neil Sr., thought it would be a great idea to have a...
Io mi canto da sola - I sing my own song
When: Fri, March 10, 2023, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST - Where: I AM Books 124 Salem Street Boston, MA 02113 Meet the cast of “Io mi canto da sola - I sing my own song”, the upcoming performance by All’italiana - Boston Italian Theatre company about the centuries-long fight against patriarchy and violence against women . The meaning and purpose of the p...
Italian Specialties and Inviting Surroundings Make Sogno a Standout
Sogno, the new Italian restaurant in Woburn, is ringed with plush banquette seating—more than 30 tufted leather booths, ranging from a cozy settee for two to a deep circle accommodating six, are like warm hugs, making just about any size group feel like VIPs. The seating is just the start of Sogno’s charms. From the marble and granite geometric mos...
New Haven's Italian immigrants valued heritage as well as assimilation, achievement
St. Michael School was built in 1940 during the period when the immigrant children were being more fully exposed to the influences of the secular education opportunities that were part of the American system. The ethnic parishes were encouraged to create local schools that were more aligned to those in their countries of origin, where there was les...
You Can Watch Your Meal Cook At Avellino, A One-Of-A-Kind Place To Dine In Massachusetts
Dining out should always be an enjoyable experience. It’s a treat to go out for a good meal and our state is fortunately filled with fantastic restaurants that offer either a unique experience or ambiance or both. A one-of-a-kind place to dine in Massachusetts that offers a wonderful ambiance and experience is Avellino. And with its open kitchen, y...
Fatto A Mano: Italian Baker With A Twist
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or — if you’re Pierluigi Mazzella — make sourdough bread, focaccia, panettone, biscotti and pastries. That’s the life he knows. Pierluigi began baking as a 12-year-old, on his native island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. He apprenticed with a world competition winner, then came to the US. He worked hard...
Takeout restaurant Johnny Pomodoro opens in Charlestown
Chef Johnny Burke recently opened Johnny Pomodoro, a takeaway homestyle Italian spot in Charlestown. The restaurant takes over the former New Speedy Chen’s location at 297 Main St. Burke also owns and operates Johnny Burke Catering & Events, which used to run Johnny’s Takeaway in West Roxbury. The homestyle menu includes comfort foods like tray piz...
Visit Carmella’s Italian Market, a Neighborhood Treasure
Carmella’s Italian Market, located on the corner of Cottage and Everett Streets. Following the bustle of lunchtime in his Jeffries Point corner store, Nick Moulaison, owner of Carmella’s Italian Market, is stuffing cheery peppers with rolled prosciutto, salami, ham, and provolone. The space has been a neighborhood deli since 1927, and has the origi...
Columbus Day Revived in Conn. Town as School Board Fights ‘Cancel Culture’
A small Connecticut town just took a big step to observe and honor Christopher Columbus. After a decade of holding class on the second Monday in October, Columbus Day will once again be celebrated during the 2024-25 school year in New Canaan. The New Canaan Board of Education passed a motion 5-4 on Monday to reestablish the holiday. The board vo...