Carrico’s Pizza
Italian brothers from Oakland, Tennessee, John and Charlie Harrell, had a cheesy idea to start a business in the Hub City. “I told my brother to keep all your recipes in your back pocket for later and finally, we said, ‘alright let’s make our own pizza business,'” said John. Since late October, the Harrell brothers have owned and operated Carrico’s...
Italian restaurant vets Andrea & Frank Randazzo launch online catering service
Frank and Andrea Randazzo are really busy people. For real. Most people who have kids, activities and full time jobs couldn’t imagine putting together fresh, homecooked meals on a regular basis. That’s where these two come in. The culinary vets who ran Talula together in Miami Beach from 2003 to 2010, have gone digital. Their company is called is R...
La Trattoria pizzeria debuts in downtown Naples
A new Italian pizzeria and restaurant debuted Friday in the Fifth Avenue South space occupied briefly by Kitchen and for many years by Mangrove Cafe. The partners for the new dinner-only La Trattoria in Naples are Luca Di Falco, who also is managing partner of Bice and Caffe Milano on Fifth Avenue South; Massimiliano Tonni, former manager of Caffe...
Livin’ la vida locavore: Stasio’s Italian Deli
I have a confession. I’m obsessed with anything and everything Italian, to the point where I’ve secretly wished my family was from Italy just to justify my obsession. I adore the hyper-local attention on ingredients, customs, boisterous gatherings with mounds of food, the language. Some people are Francophiles, others Anglophiles. But me, I’m an It...
Make New Year’s dinner, Italian style with these recipes
New Year’s Eve traditions may vary around the world, but there sure are a lot of similarities. When Gianni Betti, front-of-the-house manager and co-owner of Cibo e Beve Italian Restaurant, talks about New Year’s Eve celebrations in his childhood in Florence, Italy, he reminisces about meals filled with friends and family and rich dishes to herald a...
Nino's Italian Restaurant in Fort Myers in flux after fire, death of longtime partner
Nino’s Italian Restaurant in south Fort Myers has been closed since a fire occurred in the kitchen in early July. The restaurant's future is now in further question following the death of longtime owner and partner Graziano Buccini on Thanksgiving night. "I'm not sure what's going to happen," Buccini's sister Anna Scaduto said. Scaduto opened the...
A check in memory of the late Dr. Bernardo “Bernie” Carducci
The Italian American Association of Louisville (IAA)presented a check in memory of the late Dr. Bernardo “Bernie” Carducci to David DeWitt, Director of Development at Indiana University Southeast. Acting President Bob Scorsolini, along with Ms. Kathleen Bailey, presented the check and gave remarks regarding the life and times of Bernie. The attendi...
College Life Italia, Cerrai: "Gli USA hanno cambiato la mia vita in meglio"
Una carriera iniziata prestissimo, grazie ad una passione che esiste da sempre. Lorenzo Cerrai ed il calcio sono praticamente una cosa sola: si sono sempre accompagnati, in differenti zone d'Italia ed ora anche negli Stati Uniti d'America grazie a College Life Italia. Curiosità, coraggio e voglia di scoprire nuove culture e vivere nuove esperienza...
Fazoli’s Closes Record Year With The Signing Of A Five-Unit Deal To Continue Growth Momentum Into 2019
Fazoli’s, America’s only elevated QSR Italian chain, announced today the signing of a multi-unit deal with new franchisees, Impact Hospitality Group. In addition to acquiring two existing locations in Columbia, South Carolina, the group also has plans to develop five additional restaurants in and around the Columbia area over the next few years, wi...
City will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day
Goodbye, Columbus. Maysville City Commission agreed Thursday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October each year, replacing what has been traditionally celebrated as Columbus Day in honor of the man once credited with being the first to “discover” the Americas. The change came at the request of Lance Soto of the American I...
Arte by Antonio Citterio’s architecture is “a little bit more experimental”: Alex Sapir
When developer Alex Sapir needed an architect to design his luxury condo project in Surfside, he chose Antonio Citterio, knowing he could work creatively within the town’s height limit. “What’s interesting [about Surfside’s 120-foot height limit] is that you can be with the design a little bit more experimental, and that is why we brought in Citter...
Italian Art charms Art Basel
Over 500 people gathered in front of Miami Beach’s Temple Emanu-El on December 5th for the unveiling of the first of a series of public art collaborations, named SoBe is Love. The project SoBe is Love pivots around an almost ten-foot squared sculpture which spells S-O-B-E, the acronym for South Beach. The sculpture was conceived by renowned artist...