He ran a kitchen when he was 19. Now he runs a Miami-area Italian restaurant of his own
Walk into Mazzi Cucina to be transported to the home of an eccentric nonna — a tiny space filled with memorabilia from the owners’ childhood, complete with family pictures. Sometimes cured sausages hang above the counter from a wood rod. Benches are piled with mismatched pillows and there are rustic wood tables out front. The food is simple norther...
City votes to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day
After a unanimous vote, the City of South Fulton is changing the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The resolution was drafted by Mayor Pro Tem Mark Baker. It says the day “recognizes the tremendous and unique contributions of the people who inhabited the United States of America prior to its colonization.” Baker wrote on his Facebook...
Gelato, anyone? Authentic European treat making the rounds in Rock Hill
When Punt and John Presto decided recently to throw a birthday party for their 200-year-old house on Charlotte Avenue, they knew where to turn for dessert. A neighbor, Jennifer Sandler is a gelatician. She’s trained in the centuries-old art of making Italian-style ice cream. She also owns a gelato bicycle cart — a shiny blue and white rig, with str...
The Best Italian Restaurants for Pasta in Atlanta
From spaghetti to orecchiette to farfalle, there are days when nothing satisfies more than a big bowl of pasta. Atlanta’s Italian restaurants run the gamut and include comfortable, neighborhood trattorias, classics straight out of the “Godfather”, and elegant destination ristorantes. These Italian restaurants are the best bets for pasta around Atla...
Terra Mare Offers Bottomless Brunch and Ocean Views
Here's a new reason to trek up to Fort Lauderdale Beach this weekend: bottomless brunch at Terra Mare. Saturdays and Sundays, the oceanfront restaurant with sweeping views of the Atlantic, rolls out an Instagram-worthy bloody mary and mimosa bar ($19 to $24). Dress up your cocktail with myriad mixers and toppings, from fresh-pressed mango and lyche...
Andiamo Pizza Opens Location in South Beach
South Beach's most famous thoroughfare just got a lot hotter with the opening of one of Miami's best-loved pizza shops. Andiamo, the MiMo District pizzeria that's been turning out brick-oven pies in a historic 1954 tire shop since 2001, is finally debuting a second location — on Ocean Drive. Managing partner Frank Crupi says the new Andiamo opened...
Charlotte's 5 best spots for fancy Italian food
In search of a new favorite Italian spot? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best high-end Italian restaurants around Charlotte, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to satisfy your cravings. 1. The Fig Tree Restaurant. Topping the list is The Fig Tree Restaurant. Located at 1601 E. Seventh St. in E...
Miami: attivato l'incubatore della Camera di Commercio (IACCSE) per le aziende italiane
La Italy - America Chamber of Commerce Southeast (IACCSE) ha lanciato un nuovo servizio per le imprese italiane che vogliono approdare in Florida. Dal 1° luglio scorso, infatti, è disponibile un incubatore di impresa che permetterà alle aziende italiane di appoggiarsi alla Camera di Commercio per iniziare un percorso di internazionalizzazione negli...
Taste of Old Country
All pizza isn’t created equal. A well-known fact, which drives national conglomerates to promote price in lieu of recipes or technique. But, when you’re from a little town in Italy and pizza sauce courses through your veins, the infinitesimal details easy for others to miss are baked into your DNA. Such is the case for Salvatore Viscomi, known to h...
Italian businessman Riccardo Silva joins bid battle for AC Milan
Italian businessman Riccardo Silva has joined the growing race to take over AC Milan, entering talks with Elliott Management over acquiring a stake in one of Europe’s most successful football clubs. Elliott took effective control over the the club this week, after Li Yonghong, its Chinese owner, failed to meet a deadline to repay a debt installment...
New Italian restaurant eyes August opening in Mountain Brook
An Italian restaurant concept will open its first Alabama location later this summer in Mountain Brook. MidiCi, the Neapolitan Pizza Company, will open in Lane Parke in August. We previously reported that the franchise location will be located at 270 Rele St. Information from MidiCi (which means "You tell me," in Italian) said franchisee Lane Carri...
New Film Proves Successful Fundraiser While Changing Public Perception of Mysterious Sicily
When The Italian Cultural Center of Buffalo, New York (ICCB), the Federation of Italian-American Societies of Western New York (FASWNY), and the Per Niente Club of Buffalo sponsored a special screening of the new feature-length documentary “Sicily: Land of Love and Strife” as a fundraiser, they didn’t know what to expect in return. Would a film dev...