Jimmy's Food Store, Dallas' beloved ma and pa grocer turned Italian specialty shop, is now 50 years old. Their sausage and meatballs are the best in town — having them on the menu is a good get for virtually any restaurant. These folks have a complicated understanding of what Italians want. They have deep roots in Dallas, and they have been working...

Maple Avenue is getting a trio of restaurants that includes Kansas City-style barbecue and an Italian restaurant from Nonna owner Julian Barsotti.   It's part of a $3.5 million development called the Maple Avenue Dining District that will buttress a residential development from Crow Holdings in the Oak Lawn neighborhood, including the restor...

CiboDivino Marketplace and Caffe, Daniele and Christina Puleo's Italian market-deli-bar, is finally taking shape at Sylvan Thirty (say CHEE-bo da-VEEN-o). And Daniele is promising it will be open by April 1, just in time to take advantage of spring weather on the spacious patio.   What is CiboDivino exactly? A mini-marketplace that encompass...

by Amy McCarthy   Love's flirtation with Italian food features six courses of Texas-inspired fare. Chef Tim Love has made a name for himself on the Texas culinary scene (and reality TV) with his unique approach to "urban western cuisine." Even though you're much more likely to see rattlesnake and pig face on a Tim Love menu than fancy p...

One might think that American million and billionaires were spoiled for choice, when it came to supercar offerings. Turns out, though, there's been at least one major void in the American supercar market: Pagani. Known for making some of the most stunning – and hard to pronounce – supercars in the world, Pagani prides itself not only on speed but...

by Tina Danze   Corrado Palmieri is the owner of Palmieri Cafe, an Italian coffee shop and bakery, currently at the Dallas Farmers Market's shed on weekends. Soon, Cafe Palmieri will move into the Dallas Farmers Market's new venue, the Market. The move fulfills Palmieri's dream of offering an authentic Italian coffee and pastry experien...

by Thor Christensen   Andrea Bocelli has boosted the popularity of opera as much as anyone since Pavarotti. Yet the multi-million-selling star of countless PBS pledge drives hasn't totally erased opera's image as the caviar of music: It's ambrosia to some, but a lot of people think it tastes like salty fish.   The Italian tenor says o...

By Teresa Gubbins An Italian street-food chain from Ohio is bringing a unique wrap-type sandwich to Texas. Piada Italian Street Food will debut its first Dallas-area location in Frisco, at 3301 Preston Rd., on the endcap of the Centre at Preston Ridge development.   Scheduled to open in November, it will not be Piada's only location in Texa...

A Dallas import I can get behind has made its way to Austin. Cane Rosso ("red dog" in Italian) opened this week at 4715 S. Lamar Blvd. (really the U.S. 290 feeder road) in the space that was briefly home to St. Philip Pizza Parlor and Bake Shop.   The restaurant serves Neapolitan pizzas, along with fire-roasted side dishes and a roster of pa...

As part of the 2016 AMSSM Traveling Fellowship program, the President of the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine and Executive Committee Member for the International Sports Medicine Federation, Maurizio Casasco, MD, is serving as this year's International Visiting Fellow. Dr. Casasco will be presenting as a keynote speaker discussing the importa...