Eats Beat: Chazz Palminteri dedicates cocktail to Frank Sinatra at new Italian restaurant in Midtown
by Jeanette Settembre "A Bronx Tale" star Chazz Palminteri shares the tale behind a cocktail at his new restaurant in Midtown (890 Second Ave.): it's an ode to Frank Sinatra and his love of martinis. At Chazz Palminteri Ristorante Italiano, the Sicilian Martini — BiVi vodka, orange liquor, amaretto and a splash of orange juice —...
Katia Moltisanti, dalla Sicilia a New York per insegnare l'italianità
di Liliana Rosano Imparare una lingua attraverso l'arte, la cultura, la cucina, il vivere la quotidianità. Il sogno di un centro dove tutto questo fosse possibile, da più di dieci anni è una realtà consolidata a New York. Katia Moltisanti, siciliana di Ragusa, viene da una famiglia di artisti. Globetrotter per passione e vocazione, nel 20...
A Coney Island blast from the past in Little Italy
by Lincoln Anderson A piece of historic Coney Island lives on in Little Italy, where gallery owner Allan Reiver has an original, working Mangels shooting gallery from the early 20th century. Reiver, 73, who owns the Elizabeth St. Gallery, at 209 Elizabeth St., hunted down the hidden shooting gallery on Stillwell Ave., near Surf Ave., on the s...
MoMA pays tribute to Rai Cinema and director Antonio Pietrangeli
by Daniel Eagan Starting December 3, New York's Museum of Modern Art spotlights Italian cinema with two film series. "Italian Film, 21st-Century Style: A Tribute to Rai Cinema" features nine movies from the country's most significant studio. "Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective" looks at an underappreciated director whose career stretched...
San Marco’s time-tested Italian
By Andrew Z. Galarneau A restaurant's people are as important as its products. The face that greets you when you come in out of the cold and the hands that prepare your meal shape your experience more powerfully than its physical manifestations: the walls, the furniture, the plates. Over decades of steady performance, furniture and plates bec...
Italian Tradition Endures At White Plains, Dobbs Ferry Eateries
A trio of Westchester County "family-run" Italian restaurants, Sam's in Dobbs Ferry, and Francesco's and La Manda's, both in White Plains, are featured in an article in The New York Times. Sam's was opened for business in 1952 by Sam Ciancio, who is from Calabria, Italy, and grew up on Main Street, where the restaurant is located after com...
Italian Civic League to host Columbus Day celebration
The Italian Civic League will be hosting its 76th Columbus Day luncheon at the Diplomat Banquet Center, 1956 Lyell Ave. in Gates, on Monday, Oct. 10. The banquet in honor of Cristoforo Colombo, an Italian explorer and navigator. There will be a flag raising ceremony at 11:15 a.m. followed by the noon luncheon. The keynote speaker is f...
Hanging With Patrizio Buanne in New York City’s Historic Little Italy
We ran into multiplatinum recording artist Patrizio Buanne Saturday afternoon at E. Rossi & Co. (193 Grand St.) in NYC's historic Little Italy. Just finishing his successful 2016 U.S. Tour, Patrizio was catching up with his old friend (and biggest supporter in the States) Ernie Rossi. Down-to-earth and unassuming, Patrizio took time from his b...
Downtown Rochester to hold “Little Italy Festival”
Downtown Rochester will be holding its first Italian Festival in over 30 years. This information comes to us from The Little Italy Association, Inc. They say that the "Galbani® Little Italy Festival" will take place at the Downtown Festival Site, which is located on Exchange Boulevard, on August 12 and 13 of this year. They say that...
Gei. Il Friendship Award al finanziere Joseph Perella
"Tutti conoscono Schindler, grazie al film di Spielberg. Ma nessuno sa chi sia Giovanni Palatucci". Joseph Perella, premiato con il 'Friendship Award' per i suoi successi in campo finanziario e filantropico dal Gei (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani), ha approfittato del pranzo in suo onore al 'Le Cirque Restaurant' di New York per svelare un progetto a cu...
Be Spotted at The Leopard during Italian Dine-Out!
The Leopard at des Artistes, though under fairly new ownership, is no new kid on the block. The restaurant, originally designed as a kitchen for tenants of the New York City's largest "studio" building, the famous Hotel Des Artistes, to use as their apartments came with no or minimal cooking facilities, became "The Café de Artistes" in 1975 when Ge...
Italians and America: Searching for Culture in the Right Places
ILICA (Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance) will host a "Constructive Dialogue" with 5 contemporary authors from Italy and 5 American authors of Italian origin. The dialogue includes: Professors Gianfranco Viesti, Pino Aprile, Lorenzo Del Boca, Giuseppe Novero, Massimo Vedovelli, Donna Chirico, Louisa Ermelino, Fred Gardaphè, Anthony...