Ferrari Launches Lifestyle Store at Lenox Square
Iconic Italian sports car brand Ferrari has launched a lifestyle boutique in Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall, a move the company described as targeting a “dynamic, vibrant city with a major millennial population.” The outpost is the third opened in the United States after Miami and Los Angeles since 2021; all incorporate styling inspired by the compan...
Second restaurant location expands passport to Italy
After celebrating the one-year anniversary of successful operation in Key Largo, the Italian Food Company has opened a second restaurant to offer Islamorada its own “passport” to Italy. Co-owners Tony and Isis Wright’s vision for the Italian Food Company, with locations at 98070 Overseas Highway and 82779 Overseas Highway, was for customers to feel...
The Gulf Coast Italian American Cultural Society has a new home
The Gulf Coast Italian American Cultural Society has a new home. An accord was sealed with the Administrative Pastor of the “Pentecostals of the Gulf Coast” and we have moved there on August 1, 2022. The Pentescostals- of the Gulf Coast - is located at 1907 Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi, MS. The society is now collocated on the premises. It has a large...
Wine-centric Italian restaurant Sorella Vicina set to open in Alpharetta
An Italian restaurant from the team behind two popular North Fulton County eateries is set to open in downtown Alpharetta in the next few weeks. Sorella Vicina will debut at 35 Milton Ave., on the bottom floor of the Hamilton Hotel. The concept comes from Phillip Cooper’s Cellared Roots Hospitality Group, which also owns Vin 25 in Roswell and Citiz...
Italian Restaurant Figo36 Open’s Its Doors August 16th
The Menagerie Hospital Group has announced the grand opening of Charlotte’s newest Italian restaurant, Figo 36. The doors open for guests on Thursday, August 16th. The new Italian restaurant is perched on 36th Street in Noda, alongside the Novel apartment complex and the CATS lights rail. Riders and residents can visit with ease! Fig36 visitors can...
Miss Italia America: Competition Kicked Off in the Versace Villa in South Beach
Great success for the Miss Italia America presentation gala in the USA on 30 July 2022 in Miami Beach. Official start of the contest so dear to Enzo Mirigliani, historical Patron of the Miss Italy event that launched stars like Sophia Loren. To win the crown of Miss Italia America, girls of Italian American origin from all over the United States, w...
Mama Licata’s brings Italian to town square
After a year of selling homemade spaghetti sauce at the weekly Community Market in Manchester, Jessica and Joe Licata decided the time is right to open a brick and mortar storefront on the town square. Located at 109 W. High St., Mama Licata’s offers up classic Italian staples for both weekday lunch specials as well as fresh take and bake products...
Synonymous with Mediterranean Seaside Luxury, Fratelli Aprea USA Brings Fine Italian Craftsmanship to the U.S.
Founded in Sorrento, Italy in 1890 by Cataldo Aprea, Fratelli Aprea has been hand-crafting the infamous Gozzo Sorrentino for six generations. As Fratelli Aprea launches in the U.S., the prowess and performance inherent to these beautiful vessels can only come from respecting the past. Fratelli Aprea has stayed true to its roots of simple elegance b...
Little Mama’s to expand with new south Charlotte restaurant
The big picture: Mama Ricotta’s opened in August of 1992 and turns 30 next month. Its sister concept, Little Mama’s, opened in SouthPark in 2020 and has quickly become a Charlotte staple in its own right. Why it matters: Recent closures of popular local restaurants like Soul Gastrolounge and The Stanley tell a story of a city struggling to hold ont...
Innovation: technological excellence “Made in Puglia” lands in the United States
The agreement has been signed among Piccola Industria di Confindustria Puglia, Politecnico di Bari, and Miami Scientific Italian Community to promote in the U.S. the Puglia innovation ecosystem made up of many Small Innovative Industries and top-notch Basic and Applied Scientific Research where excellent public and private partnerships operate syne...
Charleston based Carmella's Cafe and Dessert Bar eyes late fall opening in Greenville
Perhaps less surprising that Brian Solari decided to bring his Italian dessert café to Greenville is that the owner of Carmella’s Café and Dessert Bar found a location so fast. When Solari and his wife and partner, Tiffany Solari, opened the first Carmella’s in Charleston eight years ago, it took nearly two years to find the right space, Solari say...
David Dellucci inducted into Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
Former Ole Miss baseball legend and current SEC Network baseball analyst David Dellucci got to add yet another honor to his long list of life accomplishments, being officially inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame this weekend in Jackson, part of the Class of 2022. Dellucci was one of eight nominated in this year's class, along with Aub...