If Pasta Is Your Love Language, You’ll Be In Heaven At Ermilio’s Italian Home Cooking In Arkansas
When it comes to comfort food, pasta is near the top of my list. Personally, it’s one of my food love languages as I can’t resist a big plate of noodles topped with a rich homemade sauce, then drizzled with Parmesan cheese, YUM! Thankfully, there are several restaurants in Arkansas serving some of the best authentic Italian cuisine that money can b...
A Journey to Italy from Houston: Pastore Italian Kitchen
Pastore Italian Kitchen, the latest concept from Houston’s Underbelly Hospitality, makes its highly-anticipated debut on Friday, June 30 at 1180 Dunlavy St. in Regent Square. Under the creative guidance of Executive Chef Jeff Potts and Underbelly Hospitality’s culinary director Scott Muns, Pastore paints a vibrant picture of coastal Italy. As Nina...
Monuments Men and Women Foundation returns rare document to Italy with support from Odessans
The Monuments Men and Women Foundation recently restituted a papal bull issued by Pope Pius IX and turned over custody of the rare document to Italian officials. Odessans Sondra and Toby Eoff generously helped underwrite the restitution costs. The papal bull, an official decree issued by the Vatican, was signed by Pope Pius IX in 1862. It establish...
Piazza d'Italia in New Orleans, Louisiana
CONSTRUCTED IN 1978, THE PIAZZA d’Italia in New Orleans’ Warehouse district has seen both boom and bust. Originally designed as part of an urban revitalization project under New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu, the entire block was reimagined, though only a portion of the plans were realized. The Piazza was completed in 1978 as a surprise space in the...
Orioli Restaurant Group to bring scratch-made Italian cuisine to Woodforest
Orioli's Cucina Italiana is slated to open in spring 2024 in Pine Market in Woodforest, the Orioli Restaurant Group announced in a May 15 news release. Via Emilia Italian Restaurant, the Orioli Restaurant Group's flagship restaurant, is located in the Sterling Ridge Village of The Woodlands.Orioli's Cucina Italiana, set to open in Montgomery at 791...
Louis Prima and the Sicilian Sound
The atmosphere was electric at Union Station. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians (a.k.a. Lombardo’s brothers: Carmen, Victor, and Lambert—the band was a family affair) were touring to New Orleans for the first time, for a two-week engagement, and on May 3, 1934, a throng of welcomers assembled in anticipation of their train’s arrival. Despite bei...
Chicago Italian restaurant Quartino readies for Texas debut at The Colony
A new Italian concept from Chicago is coming to Dallas-Fort Worth: Quartino Ristorante and Wine Bar, a Chicago-based authentic Italian neighborhood restaurant, pizzeria, and wine bar, is making its Texas debut with a location in the Grotto District of Grandscape, in The Colony. According to a release, it'll open June 19. Quartino will occupy two le...
The creation of the Louisiana-Italian Film Festival is a result of the Russo Brothers / NIAF Film Forum
Italian Film Festival: August 5th at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center in Metairie, LA. Featured Films: “Who Killa da Chief?” Solving the murder mystery that led to the 1891 massacre of 11 Italians and the expansion of Columbus Day; “Italian-Americans: Transatlantic Aviators and Transformative Immigrants” Colonel Francesco de Pinedo’s 1927 Trans...
Neiman Marcus Celebrates the Return of Its Iconic Award With 2023 Recipient Brunello Cucinelli
An elegant dinner to celebrate our hometown luxury department store bestowing their Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion to esteemed designer Brunello Cucinelli, who established his namesake line in Italy in 1978. The prestigious award was established by Carrie Marcus Neiman and Stanley Marcus 85 years ago and has...
Seafood takes a main seat at Azzurro Italian Coastal Cuisine
Shades of blue and white are reflected throughout the interior of Azzurro, a new concept from the local restaurateur Enrique Orioli meant to transport visitors to the Amalfi coast and experience the tastes of Italy.“That’s the beauty of Italian cuisine. You know, you let the fresh ingredients speak for themselves, and that’s what we’re trying to hi...
River Oaks District’s Hot New Italian Restaurant Brings a Beautiful Crowd Out: Bari Ristorante Is a Chic Palace
In the end, I was delighted that I couldn’t make this particular restaurant’s opening night fête. I was already booked when the invitation to party at Bari Ristorante, the sizzling new upscale Italian restaurant in River Oaks District, arrived in my in-box. The result was that I was invited the previous night for the full on dining experience. And...
Interested in Italian history? Learn more at lecture series in Metairie
A series of lectures on the early history of Italy, by Cyril M. Lagvanec, Ph.D., the curator of the American-Italian Research Library , will take place during June, July and August. Each lecture occurs at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Each begins at 7 p.m. June 5 — In the first lecture, Lagvanec will focus on the...