Sons of Italy Royal Gorge Lodge hosts successful second annual event at Macon Plaza
By Sarah Rose The 13-year-old carrying a multicolored umbrella was about twice as tall as almost everyone at the event. He isn't naturally that tall, though. Nico Wilson of the Salida Circus was walking around on stilts. The circus was one of the attractions at the second annual Sons of Italy Royal Gorge Lodge 2866 Italian Festival, which w...
New play brings Supreme Court Justice Scalia to the stage
Actor Edward Gero has spent a lot of time in court over the past year — the Supreme Court to be exact — watching, studying and listening to one justice in particular, seeing how he behaves. Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, is one of the court's most conservative, outspoken and polarizing characters, and now those qualities are providing the ing...
Fazoli’s Italian restaurant chain sold
By Mark Fisher The Fazoli's Italian restaurant chain, which operates seven restaurants in the Dayton-Springfield area, has a new corporate owner. The Lexington, Ky.-based, fast-casual restaurant chain has been sold by Sun Capital Partners to Sentinel Capital Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Private-equity group Sentinel has ac...
When Luciano Pavarotti and Sylvester Stallone Met In Miami
By Juliet Izon Opera and Miami Beach may be an unlikely combination, yet when legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti performed on the sand on January 22, 1995, concert attendees were as ecstatic as if they were watching the country's biggest pop star. In fact, Pavarotti's performance, which also featured soprano Cynthia Lawrence and th...
Italian-Themed Food Court Headed for South First
The new owner of the empty lot at 1502 S. First has reconsidered and is leasing space to food trucks again, but this time with a definite Italian flavor. Fresh pasta favorite Regal Ravioli will be the lot's first tenant. Company founder Zach Adams told us this morning the greater visibility of the South First lot was the "catalyst for the...
Attempt at World’a largest cannolo to take place November 9 at Jupiter’s Feast of Little Italy
An official attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest cannolo ever made will take place on Sunday, November 9 at 2 p.m. at the annual Feast of Little Italy at the Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter, FL. The current official Guinness database reflects a cannolo made in 2010 in Newburgh, NY that weighed in at 123 pounds. However, in July...
Gonzmart plans Italian-Sicilian restaurant for Ybor
An authentic Italian-Sicilian restaurant will soon join the Columbia Restaurant Group. Fresh off launching the Ulele restaurant downtown, and buying the Goody Goody cheeseburger brand, Columbia patriarch Richard Gonzmart is deep into planning for an Italian-Sicilian comfort-food restaurant in a historic Ybor City building. Through a serie...
South Florida Italian Culture & Heritage Festival set for Oct. 11, 2015 at ArtsPark
by Jennifer Ann Love The first South Florida Italian Culture & Heritage Festival will premiere on Sunday, October 11, 2015 from 12pm till 8pm at ArtsPark at Young Circle in downtown Hollywood. The Festival is being co-produced by Anthony Paparella of Gino's Market and Joe Bevelacqua of Cobra Joe Productions, both based in Hollywood. &...
Now that's Italian! DeRomo's in Bonita Springs
by Laura Tichy-Smith In a nation where corporate joints sling pizza, grocery store freezers offer boxed lasagna and a caricature of an Italian chef stares out from the label of canned ravioli, it can be hard to find authentic Italian food. Fortunately, Southwest Florida is graced by the presence of several local Italian markets...
Italian Bike Maker Opens Binghampton Service Shop
By Madeline Faber The professional biking world is looking to put Memphis on the map. Victory Bicycle Studio has been tapped to serve as the first U.S. service center for 3T, a Milan, Italy-based manufacturer of high-end bike components. But the ride isn't stopping there as 3T is looking to position Memphis as its North American distr...
Sutton Students Prepare for Symphony Chorus
Repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, is how Sutton Elementary Music teacher Vic Harrison is teaching third and fourth grade members of the Sutton Elementary Chorus how to sing their parts in Italian for the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra's performance of Puccini's La Boheme. They will perform Sunday in Act 2, which calls for a group of ch...
More on Mastino Italian Kitchen and Bar
New York has its thin-crust. Chicago has its deep-dish. Now Delray Beach has authentic Italian pizza, thanks to Mastino Wood-Fire Kitchen and Bar (25 N.E. Second Ave.), which just debuted in the Pineapple Grove district of Delray. At the center of the restaurant is a steel handcrafted wood-burning oven that was imported from Naples, Italy. It bake...