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George Ryon and Jack and Connie Hume love the culinary creations at Cornells in Little Italy. They are Italian-style classics—such as the house-made cavatelli served with meatballs, sausage or both. The hot antipasto for two is full of flavors, with eggplant, shrimp, clams, mushrooms, red and green peppers and homemade marinara sauce all in the mix...

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For more than four decades, the Maccioni family has wined and dined celebrities and high profile individuals at Le Cirque New York. The restaurant opened at the Mayfair Hotel on East 65th Street in 1974 before an iconic run at the Palace Hotel in the 90’s. The last Manhattan installation of Le Cirque opened in 2006 in the East 50’s at the Bloomberg...

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Sweet Basil, the Wichita Italian restaurant that’s been at 2424 N. Woodlawn since 1991, has closed. But a new restaurant is about to take its place. Last week, Charli Singh closed the restaurant he’s run since 25 years. He told the Eagle he planned to close for a week for some cleaning and remodeling and then reopen. Now, a different group says it’...

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Coral Gables is set to get some of Miami-Dade's best pasta. Macchialina, the Italian concept by James Beard Award semifinalist Michael Pirolo, plans to open a second restaurant, at Alhambra Towers in the City Beautiful. The real-estate firm the Allen Morris Company announced the restaurant recently signed a lease for a space at Alhambra Towers. Loc...

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For 46 years, Parillo's Armory Grill has been one of the go-to places for authentic Italian food, drawing people from the city of Amsterdam and beyond. The establishment at 67 Bridge St. on the city's South Side has been in the Parillo family the entire time, even as businesses around it have come and gone: that's the innate popularity of classics...

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Ask anyone in New York City what their favorite pizza place is, and the results might overwhelm you. With thousands of options in this city, crowning the absolute best is highly subjective and nearly impossible. But no matter who you ask, there's one place that consistently ranks at the top of the list. Di Fara Pizza was opened in 1965 by Domenico...

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“The food in Italy is nothing like the 'Italian' food that we eat here in New Jersey," a recent visitor to the “Bel Paese” may tell you (while also scoffing at your pizza dripping with cheese, chicken Parmesan coated in sauce or meal chock-full of meat).  “Real” Italian food may look different to what we can find here on our own checkered tableclot...

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Trailblazing chef Alfred Portale of Michelin-starred Gotham Bar & Grill is opening an Italian fine-dining restaurant in Chelsea — his first New York expansion in the restaurant space since he took over Gotham in 1985, one year after it opened. His new restaurant arrives this fall, at 126 West 18th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, where the n...

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There are crews working inside the storefront next to the Nawab restaurant on First Colonial Road. What’s happening? Richmond-based Gelati Celesti is bringing its Italian-style ice cream to the Hilltop West Shopping Center.  Founded in 1984 with one store, Steve Rosser bought the company in 2010 and has expanded to five locations. “Our handmade ice...

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E’ morto a Viareggio Giuliano Bugialli, 88 anni. Fiorentino di nascita aveva vissuto buona parte della sua vita a New York. Negli anni Settanta aveva portato la cucina italiana negli Stati Uniti e l’aveva fatta diventare una delle più grandi passioni degli americani. A quell’epoca la cucina internazionale negli States era quella francese. Giuliano...

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