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Lexington has a new Italian restaurant that may have a familiar name to some people. Edwardo Portillo and his parents, Marta and Jose Portillo, have opened Palermo's Italian Cuisine in the Lexington Parkway Plaza shopping center in the former Mi Pueblo location.   He said they have previously owned two different Palermo's locations, one...

Twenty five years after opening there, the owners of the small, family-owned pizza chain are coming to Statesboro. Owner Frank Cortese recently acquired the parking lot between Waffle House and Yates-Astro Termite and Pest Control on South Main St. in the heart of the Blue Mile. The actual address is 450 South Main. It was owned by Randy Nessmith a...

Coming to Miami from Italy's regional Puglia — a coastal area bordering the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy, synonymous with the birthplace of burrata — Moye brings authentic, upscale Apulian cuisine to Miami's Brickell Avenue.   The brainchild of restaurant moguls Tony Gallo and Chef Pietro Vardeu, the force behind Sunset Harbour's popular I...

by Michelle Tay   Bentley is lighting up its debut at Design Miami 2014 with some neon tubing in an installation by Italian conceptual artist Massimo Uberti.   Inspired by Bentley's vehicle audit bays (those neon-lit inspection areas where all cars are carefully inspected prior to delivery), the Brescia-born and Milan-based Uberti, wh...

The Design District will have another Italian restaurant to add to its roster of eateries tomorrow night when Campania opens its doors for dinner in the former Egg & Dart space.   This will mark Tony Gallo and chef PIetro Vardeu's third Miami establishment. The first, Sardinia, focuses on cuisine of the region its aptly named after and h...

If you were hoping for an S&M boutique, you're out of luck. The Boot is a trattoria presumably named for the leggy geography of Italy.   Located amid a cluster of restaurants—Nana's, NanaTaco, The Original Q Shack, Thai Cafe—at the resurgent eastern end of University Drive in Durham, The Boot offers an uneven but generally appealing arra...

Husband and wife duo Tunu and Yona Puri are proud to announce Chef Loris Navone as the Executive Chef of their coastal Italian concept, Tamarina, located in the heart of Brickell, Miami's booming financial district.   Celebrated chef, Loris Navone, former Chef de cuisine of Dolce Italian South Beach and winner of Bravo's Best New Restaurant,...

Snaidero USA, the leader in North American imports of European kitchen cabinets, has been chosen as the exclusive kitchen cabinetry provider for the Château Beach project in Sunny Isles Beach. The 33-story, 81-unit beachfront residences are a product of Argentine's leading developer Château Group. Château Beach is the most recent luxurious property...

by Courtney Willett   Gorgeous Renaissance textiles and materials are currently on display at the Georgia Museum of Art's exhibit "The Material of Culture: Renaissance Medals and Textiles from the Ulrich A. Middeldorf Collection." The pieces date between the 15th and 17th centuries and depict the prominent Italian culture during this time....

Little-known fact: Italian aristocrat and fashion designer Emilio Pucci, famous for his kaleidoscopic patterns, studied agriculture at the University of Georgia in 1935. This month, a costume exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art, Emilio Pucci in America, brings his work back to Athens.   According to curator Mary Koon, Pucci long maintain...

by Laine Doss   Fabio Viviani, the Italian-born chef who won America's heart on Top Chef, is taking Miami by storm. First, the talented toque opened Siena Tavern in South Beach. The restaurant, a sister of the original Siena Tavern in Chicago, serves Viviani's takes on classic Italian cuisine, with many dishes originating in his grandmo...

ICE-Agenzia, nell'ambito dell'attività a favore del settore del ciclo e motociclo, intende organizzare in collaborazione con ANCMA una partecipazione collettiva alla fiera Aimexpo, che si terrà a Orlando (Florida, Stati Uniti) presso l'Orange County Convention Center dal 15 al 18 ottobre 2015. Aimexpo è la principale fiera negli Usa per il set...