Mambo Italiano Opens in Irvington’s Competitive Market
That Family Feeling (the Main Street, Irvington sandwich spot with a mean Reuben) has been replaced by a new Italian restaurant, Mambo Italiano — opened by two former employees. Dani Berarducci, the weekend cook at That Family Feeling, says the idea for Mambo Italiano started when the owners announced they were moving on to an...
NYC’s AC Milan fanatics show the changing face of US soccer
“There weren’t many kids at school that used to follow soccer the way I did. I’d wear the jerseys to school and people didn’t even know what it was. I would wear my AC Milan jersey and they would be like ‘What’s OPEL?’” Life-long AC Milan fan Franco was born in 1982, in the dying days of the United States’ first national soccer league, NASL. Soccer...
Buffalo Next: New Italian restaurant headed for Southtowns
When Robert Biondolillo was 3 months old, he emigrated from Montemaggiore, Italy, to the United States. "They brought him in a basket," said his wife, Michele. "I hear the story every day." When he was 13, he began working at the Biondolillo family restaurant Touch of Italy in the City of Tonawanda – an Italian eatery that has been a neighborhood...
Eduardo De Filippo, the Great Neapolitan Playwright, at Casa Italiana-NYU
On the 40th anniversary of Eduardo De Filippo’s death, the life and career of one of the most important actors and playwrights in Italy will be told in two parts at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. The first part on April 8, at 5 pm, will focus on the beginnings: the family he was born in, the work with his sister Titina and his brother Peppino, and t...
Joe Marano Brings KEEPING YOUR ITALIAN DAD AWAKE SINCE 1998 To 54 Below In May
Joe Marano makes his 54 Below and NYC solo concert debut in Keeping Your Italian Dad Awake Since 1998. Marano keeps your Italian dads, moms, brothers, sisters, aunts, and any other relative awake with the music of the Great American Songbook while adding a flamboyant touch filled with tales of his over the-top Italian upbringing. Featuring selecti...
Denino’s in Brick is a Taste of Staten Island at the Jersey Shore
In Brick, New Jersey, there’s a spot called Denino’s Pizzeria South that’s dishing out some seriously good pizza. It’s a story that stretches all the way back to Sicily, Italy, with Giovanni Denino making his way to America and eventually setting up shop in Staten Island, NY. Fast forward through the years, and his son Carlo Denino adds pizza to th...
Initial plans announced by Italian American Leadership Forum (IALF) for the 500th Anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano
The Board of Directors of the Italian American Leadership Forum (IALF), founded in 2023, recently announced plans for coordinating initiatives to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the arrival of Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian navigator and explorer who traveled under the flag of France in his voyages across the Atlantic. While there may be a g...
2024 NOIAW Luncheon
Saturday Aril 13, 2024. The St. Regis New York - 2 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022, USA. Please RSVP here by Saturday, April 6th | Gentlemen always welcome. 11:30 am - Networking Reception 1pm - Luncheon. The National Organization of Italian American Women annual Gala Luncheon is back to the St. Regis New York. NOIAW honors two accomplished women who...
Motorino Pizzeria brings traveling mobile station to the Hamptons
Motorino Pizzeria Neapolitan is coming to the Hamptons with a new custom-built-wood-fired pizza trailer. The company is bringing a full onsite pizza station, complete with refrigeration, tent and lights for “on-demand” pizza events. Menu offerings will include ingredients that highlight fare from the East End. Chef Mathieu Palombino founded Motorin...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2024 Announces Venues and Performance Schedule
The New York City-based Kairos Italy Theater along with the Italy-based KIT Italia and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU will present the 11th anniversary season of the In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, New York City’s premiere festival of Italian theater taking place in all five boroughs of NYC, April 29-May 13. Admission to all shows and e...
Hidden In Plain Sight: The Statue Honoring Fiorello La Guardia
Fiorello La Guardia, the 99th Mayor of New York, who was of Italian heritage, is pictured here in a combative pose in Neil Estern’s statue in LaGuardia Place, Greenwich Village. La Guardia was served as mayor for nine years during the Depression era, leaving a mark both on the history of the city and the image of the Italian-American New York comm...
Don Antonio changes the game with authentic Italian ingredients and fried pizza
A New York City restaurant is taking its pizza to the next level. Don Antonio offers 45 different types Neapolitan pizza, served up from within its cozy storefront in Hell’s Kitchen. Owned and operated by Giorgia Caporuscio, the store was originally run by her father Roberto when it started in 2012. I come from a small town between Rome and Naples...