Fellini Caffe, Houston's Micro-Italy
by Nick Panzarella If you're strolling down Kelvin in Rice Village, you'll eventually encounter an upscale coffee shop that seems in line with the entire Village vibe—that is until you realize the customers inside are all speaking in Italian. And those customers aren't just one Italian family in Houston by rare accident. You'll notice grou...
Former Arcodoro Chef to Open His Own Restaurant
Get the limoncello ready because B4-U-Eat's newsletter reports that former Arcodoro Ristorante Italiano chef Giancarlo Ferrara is getting ready to debut a restaurant of his own. Amalfi Ristorante Italiano & Bar is expected to open this spring in the Galleria area, "just doors down from The Palm," according to B4-U-Eat. Ferrara is a Sal...
USA: quando la Sicilia esporta cultura. Anche enogastronomica.
Sono finiti i tempi di " mafia, pizza e mandolino" : un trinomio che spesso identificava gli italiani all'estero, specie quando gli italiani erano di origine meridionale o, peggio ancora, siciliana. Oggi vogliamo parlare di una donna siciliana di Palermo che siede su poltrone importanti d' oltre oceano, e che porta la cultura italiana, e s...
Schola Cantorum Kicks Off Its 2014-15 Concert Season
The venerable and distinguished University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum kicks off its 2014-15 concert season with music from Glorious Venice. The Schola Cantorum will be joined on stage by brass choirs, harpsichord, and baroque orchestra as they present four unique settings of the Gloria from the golden age of Venetian music. The 16-voice, four-cho...
Where do Italians live in Louisiana? See interactive map
As an international port, New Orleans attracted an abundance of Italian immigrants near the end of the 19th century. These days -- especially on St. Joseph's Day (March 19) -- their descendants throughout Louisiana continue to uphold the traditions of the old country. It is an experience that Maria and Frank Pyburn of Covington share as ow...
Italian restaurant Avanti takes a step forward with Fort Worth debut
The English translation of Avanti is "forward," which is an apt exhortation for the aggressively pleasing approach in design and cuisine Avanti Fort Worth has made with its debut in Cowtown. A mainstay of Dallas' restaurant scene, first opening in 1989, Avanti has remained close to its Italian roots with its Fort Worth branch, opened in Ma...
Antonia’s Italian Ristorante
by John Rigg The Rossa family has been involved in the restaurant business for decades, operating five restaurants in Boston and now—thanks to the efforts of Roberto Rossa and his staff—three in Houston. Antonia's Italian Ristorante, which is named for Rossa's grandmother, has locations in Katy, Sugar Land and Cypress. "Being in the business my w...
Italian restaurant insults entire town in Texas with farewell note after closure
An Italian restaurant that recently closed up shop in Amarillo, Texas, appears to have left behind a sign explaining in graphic detail exactly why it went out of business. "You sorry assed, rednecked sacked of goat sperm had no idea what you had here!" reads the "We're Closed" sign. "Good luck with your pre-packaged frozen shit food in thi...
North Italia to open on Post Oak March 3
March 3 is the date North Italia has set to open its doors at BLVD Place Phase II, making it the second Fox Restaurant Concepts restaurant to open at 1700 Post Oak. The Phoenix-based Fox opened True Food Kitchen in the same development last July. North Italia, the second location in Texas after Austin, boasts a menu built on hand-made...
The young chefs of "Tutti ai Fornelli de La Piccola Cucina" inspires judges, parents and top-notch Chefs!
On a warm saturday evening at the Hilton UH, 12 talented young chefs of "La Piccola Cucina" battled it out for a great cause: supporting the programs of the Italian Cultural and Community Center Language School. The following four teams, listed in order of final placement, took part in a competition designed to challenge the youths' culinary and n...
Salvatore Albelice: the king of Italian Ice Cream in Houston. The interview.
Salvatore Albelice, born in Catania and raised in Milan at a very young age opened his first "gelateria" in Milan. Then, in 1982 he decided to move to USA where he first open Sunbelt imports,inc., a local distributor of Italian-branded coffee and coffee equipment and in 2014 he opened the first Italian Cafe in Houston. If you enter at Fell...
Hooked on Bocce
What better way to ensure the future of the great Italian game of Bocce in New Mexico than to teach kids how to play? That was the motivation for John and Cathy Paolino to conduct a four-day Bocce Training Camp in June at Haynes Park in Rio Rancho. It was also a good way to give back to the community that generously allowed free use of the Haynes P...