Looking to chow down on some Italian fare? A new spot has you covered. The newcomer to Downtown, called Capriccio, is located at 98 NE 2nd Ave. It's the fourth location for the family-run Italian restaurant that already has storefronts in Doral, Downtown Miami, Midtown Doral and West Coast University. According to its website, customers can look fo...

Mercato Della Pescheria, a Las Vegas-based concept, is now open on Española Way in Miami Beach. The market-style restaurant features four culinary stations, including seafood, meat, pasta, and cheese, reminiscent of a traditional Italian market commonly found on the southern coast of Italy. The restaurant is the progeny of V&E Restaurant Group, res...

L’imprenditore verbanese Tommaso Cardana, 40 anni, proprietario di un’azienda che si occupa di forniture alberghiere di alto livello tra Italia e Stati Uniti è stato eletto Presidente della Italy-America Chamber of commerce Southeast (Miami Florida). L’imprenditore ricoprirà il ruolo primario, dopo aver già svolto l’incarico da Vice Presidente dell...

Pizzeria Roberti keeps it old-school Italian with New York-style pizza, meatballs the size of tennis balls and a red sauce your Italian grandmother would approve of, all in a small neighborhood joint in east Orlando. What I would try a second time: Roughly the circumference of a large orange, Pizzeria Roberti’s rice ball ($5) was a sizable appetize...

If you've lived in Miami long enough, you understand that operating a successful restaurant for many years in this city is quite the feat. This past month, however, Andiamo in the MiMo district celebrated its 16th birthday. What's the secret? Managing partner Frank Crupi attributes the pizzeria's longevity to the fact Andiamo hasn't strayed from it...

The performance is described as “A shamanic experience not to be missed. It will change your life” – “creative synergistic genius” – “(the performance) brings DaVinci and Michelangelo alive”. “WOW. What an amazing show. It was joyful, meaningful, powerful, and inspirational! Thank you for doing a magical job! Your words and visuals were fantastic,...

Burt Rapoport’s Rappy’s failed to catch on with area diners who wanted old-style cooking, not nouveau cuisine. Goodbye, pastrami. Hello, pasta. Rappy’s Deli closed in May after just five months at the new Park Placeshopping center in Boca Raton. The space subsequently reopened as a lower-priced deli, Park Place Deli. Now the prime location at...

JoAnn Harrigan became a Supreme. Mary Ann and Vinnie Locascio explained the secret to 61 years of marriage. And Jerry Vicenti celebrated his 65th birthday with 325 Paisans, three Gigi’s and one wife. Put it all together and you have just another party for The Villages Italian Paisans Club Sunday evening at Seabreeze Recreation Center. The Gigi’s –...

Having recently led the Italian Women’s Softball National Team to a second place finish in the 2017 European Baseball Championship with a .529 batting average in 34 at-bats, Laura Vigna now faces even a bigger challenge in the weeklong World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Women’s World Championship (JWWC) beginning July 24, 2107 at t...

For 70 years, Tropicana has been adding to the American breakfast by getting freshly-squeezed orange juice from Florida into grocery stores across the U.S. The brand was created by Italian immigrant Anthony Rossi, who developed flash pasteurization and pioneered orange juice transport in 1970 via train from Florida to New York. "He figured out how...