Fazoli's Signs First Franchisee in Montgomery, Alabama
Fazoli's, the nation's largest fast-casual Italian chain, has signed a franchise agreement for its first restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama. Fazoli's, No. 2 on Zagat's list of fast-food restaurants, recently announced an aggressive, five-prong franchise growth strategy. The Montgomery restaurant will be developed by Dr. Rakesh Patel. It is expe...
Spiaggia's Tony Mantuano Heads to Miami with Lorenzo
by Jessica Chou The Chicago chef behind James Beard Outstanding Restaurant nominee Spiaggia opens his Miami spot Lorenzo tonight. The South Beach restaurant reportedly features the "greatest hits" from Spiaggia and Café Spiaggia, with menu items including pastas, pizzettes, grilled meats, and seafood, plus cocktails from Michael Jack...
Feast of the Seven Fishes
An Italian-American Christmas Feast with guest chefs Joe Clarke (American Grocery Restaurant) along with Lauren Zanardelli & Graham Foster (Neue Southern Food Truck). Seven course dinner featuring a variety of seafood and/or shellfish dishes to celebrate 'La Viglia' (the vigil). An Italian-American Christmas tradition that is believed to h...
Annual Waldensian Festival includes bocce
It is getting close to that time of year when the bocce enthusiasts start gearing up for the annual Waldensian Festival Bocce Tournament. Every year on the second Saturday in August, the town of Valdese holds the annual Waldensian Festival to honor their Italian heritage. This year the event will be held on Aug. 9, and includes numerous activities...
Italian restaurant opens next week in the Hilton Nashville Downtown
Trattoria Il Mulino, the restaurant opening in the lobby of the Hilton Nashville Downtown, has announced opening dates and there's good news for Italian lovers — you don't have long to wait. The restaurant, owned by the New York City-based restaurant group Il Mulino, will have a soft opening Monday for dinner service only. Lunch and brunch...
Italian stone cabinetry resurfacing franchise looks to expanded in North America
Granite Transformations, a remodeling franchise based on a proprietary resurfacing process, says it is offering more franchises in North America. Founded in Italy and operating in eight countries - Italy, Brazil and India, as well as the U.K., U.S. and Australia - on four continents, Granite Transformations says it has more than 150 franch...
Aperitivo Italiano ad Art Basel Miami Beach
In occasione dell'antivigilia dell'apertura della fiera d'arte più prestigiosa d'America, Art Basel Miami Beach, martedì 4 dicembre 'Made in Italy' ospita un evento all'insegna dei prodotti e dei talenti emergenti del Belpaese. La società fondata da Francesco Belcaro e Francesco Bo, con sede a New York, opera dal 2004 con lo scopo di promuovere il...
Trovare lavoro in America: Walt Disney World assume italiani
Vivere e lavorare negli Stati Uniti è sempre stato il tuo sogno? Disney offre a giovani italiani l'opportunità di vivere per un anno in Florida lavorando all'interno del Walt Disney World Resort, il parco di divertimenti Epcot Centre, vicino ad Orlando. Nel dettaglio, Disney è alla ricerca di camerieri, baristi, cuochi e addetti alle vendite per i...
The Boot opens for business
Italian-American restaurant the Boot has opened at 2501 University Drive, according to the restaurant's social media page. The menu has items such as a local meatball sub, house-made ravioli, Italian wedding soup, and a variety of appetizers like shrimp with lemon, greens and white beans, calamari and Arancini (fried rice balls). ...
Tony D's chef Jay Speranza: cooking isn't just a job; it's an adventure
by Nicole Danna When Tony D's chef/owner Jay Speranza was growing up in Rochester, New York, the family kitchen was an important part of his day-to-day life. These days, Speranza is spending more time is professional kitchens, including that of the South Florida expansion of his Rochester-based Italian eatery, which launched an outpos...
North Carolina's Raffaldini, Piccione wineries look to Italy for inspiration
While visiting a friend last weekend, I had the opportunity to visit two North Carolina wineries. One of the wineries — Raffaldini Vineyards — was already familiar to me. The other, Piccione Vineyards, was not. Both wineries are located in Ronda, North Carolina, which is north of Statesville off Interstate 77 near Jonesville. About seven...
L’Italia con l’Ice al Salone Internazionale della Nautica di Fort Lauderdale
Coordinate dall'Agenzia Ice, 11 aziende italiane del settore cantieristica, elettronica di bordo, antenne satellitari, accessori e arredamenti nautici, divise da equipaggio, nuovi prototipi di imbarcazione e bunkeraggi marini parteciperanno all'edizione 2013 del FLIBS, il Salone Internazionale della nautica di Fort Lauderdale – in Florida – in prog...