Cozad’s Bella Italia under new ownership
By Malena Ward New owners of an Italian restaurant in Cozad are honored to carry on the restaurant's name and tradition of delicious and fresh authentic Italian food. Mark and Ines Diaz of Lexington, husband and wife, assumed ownership of Bella Italia in November. Although ownership has changed, the menu has not thanks to extensive train...
Colletta Italian restaurant opens February 5 at Avalon
Steve Palmer, founder of Charleston-based Indigo Road Hospitality, has a new restaurant in the works. Located next to its Oak Steakhouse at Avalon in Alpharetta, Colletta will begin serving pizza and pasta February 5. This will be the group's second Italian restaurant, and about 40 percent of the menu will be comprised of favorites from Ch...
Construction starts on new Italian market in North Palm Beach
Doris Italian Market & Bakery has just started construction on a new location in North Palm Beach. The new store marks its sixth and largest since the specialty supermarket chain opened in Hollywood in 1947. Located at 11239 U.S. Highway 1, the 22,000-square-foot store is slated to open during late September of this year i...
Italian Club spectacular to support historic site
The Italian Club's upcoming benefit for its historic cemetery will emphasize headliners much more than it will headstones. Prominent Tampa names like La Russa, Lazzaro and Capitano embellish tombs at the Italian Club Cemetery, while a comedy skit with Joe Capitano Sr. — its former president — takes center stage. The Italian Club annua...
Chef Vincenzo Betulia offers Italian with dash of Wauwatosa
By Kristine M. Kierzek Vincenzo Betulia serves eggplant caponata to every customer in his restaurant. It's a replacement to butter, and part of his rustic, traditional Italian approach. More importantly, eggplant caponata is a daily reminder of his grandmother, who packed margarine tubs of it for his lunches. Betulia opened his first restaur...
Fazoli's To Celebrate First Annual "Italian for the People Day"
Fazoli's®, the nation's largest fast casual Italian chain, is celebrating its first annual "Italian for the People Day" on Saturday, March 12, 2016, in promotion of its new menu items by honoring guests with a special limited-time offer, with purchase of a new menu item, valid at participating Fazoli's nationwide. During the week of March...
Review: Old-school Italian is alive and well at Nino’s in Atlanta
By Ligaya Figueras There is a neighborhood in my hometown of St. Louis called the Hill. Great things have come out of that Italian immigrant pocket. Like baseball legends Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola. Like five of the no-name guys on the slapdash 1950 U.S. men's national team who defeated England in a 1-0 World Cup upset known as the "Miracle...
Marcella Hazan, famed cookbook author, dies at 89
By Tamara Lush Marcella Hazan, the Italian-born cookbook author who taught generations of Americans how to create simple, fresh Italian food, died Sunday. She was 89. Hazan died in the morning at her home in Florida, according to an email from her son, Giuliano Hazan, and posts on Facebook and Twitter from her husband and daughter-in-law. ...
Fazoli's to open Macon, Warner Robins restaurants
A new restaurant franchise is making its way to the Central Georgia area, serving up fast food Italian to diners. Italian-American fast casual restaurant Fazoli's chain plans to open restaurants in Macon, Warner Robins, Athens, Augusta, Columbus and Savannah. C&P restaurant company, a 100 restaurant group based in Macon has signed a si...
Miami: On June 4, Valli Art Gallery will officially open in the Wynwood Art District
This project is the result of 15 years of Franco Valli's work as a manager for an artist, promoting and developing his career up to positioning him on theinternational art circuit in Europe and in the last two years in the United States, focusing on the city of Miami after realizing the potential of the city, appreciating its cultural gro...
Il Circolo - The Italian Cultural Society: Annual Welcome Reception & Luncheon
Annual Welcome Reception & Luncheon - Saturday, November 21st from 1-3 pm - Ticket Price: $45.00 all inclusive. Honored Guest: Consul General of Italy in Miami, The Honorable Dott.ssa Gloria Bellelli Please join us to welcome our new Consul General of Italy in Miami, Dott.sssa Gloria Bellelli, as well as o...
Nesta calls Di Natale to Miami
Reports say Alessandro Nesta is trying to convince Antonio Di Natale to leave Udinese and join Miami FC for a season. The Zebrette legend has endured a turbulent season at the Friuli, with the club fighting relegation and the striker scoring only once in 22 Serie A appearances. Calciomercato.it has reported today that Nesta is trying...