Guido's Pasta Villa in Irondequoit is a classic Italian restaurant
Whenever Floridian Tony Demo is back in town visiting family, there’s one restaurant he’s sure to stop into: Guido’s Pasta Villa on East Ridge Road in Irondequoit. “I grew up in this neighborhood and came here for years and years,” said Demo, waiting at the bar for lunch on Monday afternoon. “I know what good Italian food is all about and, hands do...
Chazz Palminteri, Tony Danza Join NYC's 2017 Feast of San Gennaro
This year marks the 91st anniversary of NYC beloved Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, which will take place September 14-24. City Guide is a proud sponsor. It's the largest and longest-running festival in the country, a celebration of the Patron Saint of Naples, as well as a celebration of Italian immigrants, welcoming some one million visitors...
Internship Positions Available - Fall 2017
The Italian American Museum is currently seeking part-time interns to assist with the daily operations of the museum and provide visitor services. The internship is perfect for students looking to gain experience in a small museum setting.Responsibilities include: Assisting visitors with general questions and admissions transactions. Assisting with...
Brooklyn pol calls for removal of NYC’s Christopher Columbus statues
Following the chaos of Charlottesville, Virginia, and the fight over the removal of confederate monuments across the nation, an unrelated historical figure has also become a target: Christopher Columbus. While Columbus — who has an American holiday named after him — was an ambitious pioneer, he was also known for his violent tactics used to coloniz...
Little Italy Endicott Hosts 11th GUSTO! Festival Weekend
The 11th annual Little Italy Endicott GUSTO! Festival continued on Friday evening. "I love the food, the music and just seeing all the people," said Michael Romeo, Little Italy President. The three-day fundraiser began on Thursday night with a concert by "A One Night Stand." The neighborhood block party took place on Friday with Italian Street Pain...
Italian-American leaders defend Christopher Columbus statue after de Blasio pushes monument commission
Italian-American politicians blasted their paesano Mayor de Blasio for considering the removal of statues of Christopher Columbus as part of a commission to ditch symbols of hate. “You’ve chosen to reopen historical arguments that are 400 years old,” Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) said. “And your actions, whether you want to admit it or n...
Petition seeks Columbus statue removal — plus renaming of Buffalo park
An online petition calls for the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue from Columbus Park in Buffalo -- and for the park's name to be changed, as well. As of mid-day Thursday, more than 800 people had signed the Change.org petition -- which was approaching its goal of 1,000 signatures. The petition references efforts to remove Confederate monu...
San Gennaro 2017: Everything you need to know about NYC'S Feast
A good, old-fashioned street festival can be just the thing a New Yorker needs as the seasons change. Well after Bikers For Bini at the Mall and shortly after the 41st Festa di Santa Rosalia wraps up on Monday, August 28 in Bensonhurst — that feast runs from 68th St. to 75th St. — so begins the build-up to the San Gennaro Festival in Manhattan's Li...
Basilio Inn: What makes it Staten Island's oldest restaurant?
In today's paeans to old neighborhood restaurants, the motivations for keeping those beloved establishments alive are often taken for granted. The phrase "It's been in the family for decades" is its own explanation, a beat to hit without diving further into why the family cares, or what toll those decades have taken. The mere fact that an eatery ha...
Manhattan’s ‘A Taste of Italian Opera’ This Thursday
This Thursday, August 24, 2017, Manhattan’s opera fanatics and “opera curious” are set to dine in the historic, renovated, 6-floor townhouse in New York City’s Upper West Side. This fundraising event for Berkshire Opera Festival, whose opening of “Ariadne auf Naxos” is this Saturday, is designed as a “culinary crash course” in Italian opera. Basil...
Demolition is underway at Our Lady of Loreto in Brownsville
Day by day, Our Lady of Loreto is disappearing. Workers have started demolishing a historic church in the Ocean Hill section of Brownsville that community activists have been fighting to save. Catholic officials are moving forward with plans to demolish Our Lady of Loreto Church, which was declared eligible for listing on the State and National Reg...
Italian-American leaders vow to fight for Columbus statue
Italian-American leaders vowed Tuesday to fight “like never before” to prevent the city from removing statues of Christopher Columbus, a day after a top elected official called for monuments honoring the explorer to be included in a city review. The leaders had assembled at Columbus Circle to protest a skit about Italian-Americans on “Saturday Nigh...