Downtown’s Mignonette Transforms Into an Italian Comfort Food Pop-Up
With Miami-Dade County shutting down indoor dining for the foreseeable future, Downtown Miami’s Mignonette (210 NE 18th Street) has transformed temporarily into Red Sauce, an Italian-American style comfort food pop-up available for takeout and delivery. Mignonette’s co-owner Danny Serfer says Red Sauce was an idea him and co-owner Ryan Roman had be...
The Osceola Sons and Daughters of Italy — a cultural group that cares about its community
Imagine going to that place “where everybody knows your name” … and they know how to pronounce it. And then going out into community from that meeting spot and lending the best of helping hands. That’s a fair description of the Osceola County Sons and Daughters of Italy. It’s a local chapter and part of the Grand Lodge of Florida. That feeds into T...
Diversity in Racing: Anthony Manganaro
Since the beginning of time, humans have pigeonholed each other by race, religion, gender and wealth, which has resulted in discrimination. There are many pathways that can and must be taken to reduce systemic racism and prejudice. But I see no pathway to eliminate latent discrimination; humans will always pigeonhole. There continues to be systemic...
Ciao Italia celebrates authentic Italian fare in Durham
With a desire to “reclaim” parts of the college community’s downtown area for the town’s adult population, entrepreneur Doug Clark and his wife, Kim, have opened the doors to their 106-seat restaurant Ciao Italia Ristorante + Mercato. The restaurant’s name and likeness were licensed to Clark by acclaimed chef and cookbook author Mary Ann Esposito,...
Organization which funded Memphis' Christopher Columbus statue speaks out following recent vandalism
While calls for the removal of Christopher Columbus statues are happening across the nation, here in Memphis, the statue memorializing the Italian voyager has been vandalized twice. Two separate incidents of vandalism were reported to the statue in Marquette Park. "If you don't have a plan and all you're doing is vandalizing statues and things of t...
After 41 years, LaMotta's restaurant says goodbye to Fort Myers, hello to Cape Coral
In Carmelo LaMotta's earliest memory of his family's 41-year-old south Fort Myers restaurant, he is 7 and the year is 1979. "My first memory? The older clientele," LaMotta said. "Coming from New York and New Jersey I wasn't used to that. In New York we had all New Yorkers, but here it's always been kind of like a minestrone, people from the Midwes...
3 top options for cheap Italian fare in Nashville
In search of a new favorite Italian spot? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable Italian restaurants around Nashville, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to fill the bill. 1. Angelo's Picnic Pizza & Italian Restaurant Topping the list is Angelo's Picnic Pizza & Italian Restaurant. Loca...
Coral House Miami brings Italian fare to Coral Way
Hungry? A new neighborhood Italian spot has you covered. The new addition to Coral Way, called Coral House Miami, is located at 1762 Coral Way. The new restaurant is located inside "a beautiful, cozy and unique house turned into a traditional Italian Pizzeria," according to the business's Facebook page. "From wood-fired cooked pizzas to handmade pa...
Festa Italiana Raleigh, Inc, cancels September 26 street fair; adapts 2020 activities to changing business and public health realities
Festa Italiana Raleigh, Inc.--a nonprofit corporation and the sponsor of the Triangle’s largest, most diverse, annual celebration of Italian and American Italian culture—announces the cancellation of its annual, shoulder-to-shoulder, open-air street fair, “Festa Italiana Raleigh,” originally scheduled for September 26, 2020 in the Glenwood South Ne...
Marisa Totero recalls growing up above beloved restaurant, discusses future
As she lays plans with Christmas House Bed & Breakfast owner-innkeeper Pamela Deskins to launch take-out and dine-in lunch eatery Nonna Totero’s at Christmas House, 116 10th St., many happy memories are being rekindled for Madison resident Marisa Totero. Born into the restaurateuring Totero family, life for Totero revolved around the family’s iconi...
Italy-America Chamber of Commerce is looking for a Junior Membership
This is an opportunity to join a well-established non-profit business organization. The ideal candidate for this role is bilingual Italian-English, has a marketing or similar background, excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. Overall Summary The Membership Coordinator reports to...
Portosole, Lucio Zanon's New Coral Gables Venture, Is Elegantly Italian
A trip to Europe isn’t in the cards for most of us right now, but Miamians can soothe their wanderlust at Portosole, a new restaurant in Coral Gables that aims to make you feel like you’ve been transported to Italy from the moment you’re greeted with your first buongiorno. Named for a small marina in coastal Italy where the fishing boats bring in t...