The summer came alive with the sights, sounds, and flavors of Italy as the Galbani Buffalo Italian Heritage Festival marked its milestone 50th anniversary. What began as a small neighborhood gathering decades ago has grown into one of the largest celebrations of Italian American culture in the country, drawing tens of thousands of attendees over th...

  Hertel Avenue a Buffalo nello Stato di New York da oggi si chiama “Italian Festival Way” Kelly Ripa e Mark Consuelos in tv con la docuserie sul loro acquisto del Campobasso Football Club Steven Mancini, Console Onorario d’Italia, inaugura il nuovo ufficio nel centro di Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania Il film televisivo Nonna's candidato agli Emmy Awar...

In honor of our 50th Anniversary, we’re making it official… Hertel Avenue will be dedicated as “Italian Festival Way”! Join us this Friday, July 18 at 10:00 AM outside 1168 Hertel Ave for a special press conference and street trailblazing sign unveiling celebrating five decades of Italian pride, culture, food, and famiglia right here in Buffalo. Th...

June 2025 Italy in Buffalo, upstate New York, with Danielle Salasavage

There’s a whole lot of Italy north of Manhattan. The New York State, for obvious reasons, is often associated with New York City, but it’s actually vast and diverse, and home to many Italian Americans - even in the area known as Upstate New York. One of the most important cities in this regard is Buffalo, right on the Canadian border. This is where...

Andrea “Tony” Coppola sees his newest restaurant in Buffalo Township as a taste of the future. Healthy ingredients and trendy flavors are hallmarks of Toasted Amo, the Italian sandwich shop he opened last month in Buffalo Plaza. It marks a stark departure from the area’s plentiful fast food joints — and Coppola’s other restaurant, Tony’s Pizza Cafe...

We have so many Italian Americans here in Western New York, you probably either are one, or you’re related to one. Weirdly, the omnipresence of Italian Americans doesn’t translate into a ton of variety when it comes to Italian restaurants. That changed slightly a few months ago when daNando – The Italian Culetto opened in the Clarence Mall. The new...

A decree has been published that abolishes the honorary vice consulate in Buffalo, USA. The decree also includes a change in the territorial jurisdiction of the honorary consulate in Rochester. The decree consists of two articles: the first abolishes the honorary office that was under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Italy in New York....

Dear friends, Spring has finally arrived. Rome is starting to fill up with tourists, even more this year due to the Jubilee.  A few days ago, an event was held in New York that I should have attended in person, at what is "my home" in the United States, the Italian American Museum in Little Italy, New York. Unfortunately, I couldn't be there in per...

Italian American Heritage Month is at the center of this weekend’s conversation on In Focus. JoDee Kenney welcomed in Lianna Tatman, executive director, Centro Culturale Italiano di Buffalo, established in 2010 to promote Italian culture in Western New York. At its building on Delaware Avenue, CCI Buffalo offers Italian language and cooking classes...