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Over 250 members of Brooklyn’s esteemed legal community gathered at El Caribe in Mill Basin on Friday, June 9, for the glitzy annual dinner of the Columbian Lawyers Association. The gala was a celebration of the past year’s achievements, a farewell to outgoing president Salvatore Scibetta, and a hearty welcome to the incoming president, Yolanda Gua...

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Hello Grappa!, a new E.U.-funded promotional campaign designed to energize Americans around this sustainable Italian spirit, is hosting a cocktail contest and series of workshops on June 14, 15 and 16 to coincide with Bar Convent in New York. All gatherings are open to bartenders, wine and spirits professionals, journalists, influencers and other t...

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The temperatures are finally heating up, which means those summertime snacks need to cool down: just in time, new-school Italian gelato shop Biddrina Gelato, launched this week outside of its sister restaurant, Clinton Hill's Locanda Vini & Olii.  Named after the Sicilian legend of the "Biddrina," a mythical serpent said to live in the wetlands of...

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Marco Cappelli, the Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer, makes music that is beyond category while remaining connected to Southern Italy. He has founded a new label, 41st Parallel Records, to distribute his genre-bending works. Cappelli, a musician from Naples, lives in a walk-up apartment, in a building with an Italian American landlord, in the...

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The name Café Mars might conjure images of Mars 2112, the legendary shuttered Space Age Times Square restaurant, but there are no rocket ships, aliens, or freeze-dried space food to be found here. Either way, opening on Wednesday, May 17, at 272 Third Avenue, at President Street, Café Mars is unusual for Gowanus, a neighborhood due for a culinary s...

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Most of us don’t know what we’ll be doing in June 2028 yet, but Bruno Codispoti will most likely be getting sworn in as the president of the Brooklyn Bar Association. Codispoti will be announced as the association’s next treasurer at the BBA’s annual meeting on Wednesday. It’s the first step in a five-year-long journey in running the 151-year-old a...

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Linguini with clams in white sauce is as basic a dish to Brooklyn Italian neighbourhoods like Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge as is pizza. The neighbourhoods are far away from Manhattan, and the restaurants are far away from their nearest subway stations, which might be why their descendants wear their pride like the shroud protecting the Statue of Liber...

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At Brooklyn Roots in Bay Ridge, on a wintery Saturday night, the crowded room teemed with conviviality, from the happy-go-lucky bartender, to the friendly waitstaff working the floor, to the open kitchen in back where the crew prepared the type of Italian food that has generated similar excitement every night since opening in October of 2021. The I...

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Among the bagels, cheesecake, and New York-style pizza pies available in The Big Apple, you can find a tasty Italian scene with a plethora of vegan options. From fresh pasta and gnocchi to traditional risotto and Neapolitan style ‘za, this city has it all! The next time your cravings strike, check out our guide to the best spots for vegan Italian f...

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The timing of this article for the May issue is interesting, because I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my mom Dora. She was an amazing woman. I know nearly everyone says that, but really, she was. Italy was in bad shape after World War II when my grandfather Umberto Romeo decided to come to America to find work. My mom was a young girl when her...

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