Looking to chow down on some Italian fare? A new restaurant has you covered. Called Red Rabbit, the new arrival is located at 788 Grand Ave. in St. Paul. From owners Luke and Tracy Shimp, also of Red Cow, this place features brunch, lunch and dinner menus in a space that includes exposed brick, charred cedar planks and dimly lit fixtures for a coo...
READ MOREAfter Sicilians arrived en masse to New Orleans beginning in late 1800s, the area near the French Market became known as “Little Palermo” and the “Italian Sector.” Sicilian workers often stopped into Central Grocery for bread, olives, cold cuts, and cheese for lunch, which they ate standing up or with a plate perched tenuously in their laps. Salvat...
READ MOREFor Maria Male, cooking Italian food is the multigenerational glue that holds her family together. And soon, she’ll get to share that family love with the rest of DeKalb County at her new restaurant: Maria’s Little Italy, 1969B DeKalb Ave. in Sycamore. Male is part of a four-generation Italian legacy beginning in a small town, fittingly called Carb...
READ MOREIn the new installment of Scrumptious Sheboygan, the staff of the Sheboygan Press went to lunch at Il Ritrovo, one of local chef Stefano Viglietti's brainchildren. The translation of Il Ritrovo is "A place to meet." It was certainly a place for your taste buds to meet yummy goodness for sure. Opened in 2000, Il Ritrovo is known for its pizza, whi...
READ MOREA new Italian spot, offering pizza and salads, has made its debut in the neighborhood. Called Pat's Pizza & Pasta, the new addition is located at 1410 South St. in Graduate Hospital. Expect to see a diverse selection of traditional Italian and American eats, including pizza, burgers, pasta and sandwiches. Look for the new lobster ravioli stuffed wi...
READ MOREThe chef/owner of popular Lincoln Park Italian restaurants Riccardo Trattoria and Riccardo Enoteca is planning a new spot in the West Loop/Fulton Market. Riccardo Michi is taking over the shuttered Vera space at 1023 W. Lake Street, according to a liquor license application first noticed by Block Club. There are no additional details yet on its nam...
READ MORENew York-based NoHo Hospitality Group plans to open an Italian restaurant, an American beer hall and a cocktail bar in the new Shinola Hotel in downtown Detroit. San Morello will be an "urban Italian neighborhood restaurant" of 3,700 square feet, according to a statement from NoHo partner Luke Ostrom. It will be joined by the 5,500-square-foot Brak...
READ MOREMaura Ardu, chef-manager di origine calabro-piemontese-sarda, trapiantata da oltre dieci anni nella Grande Mela, è la vincitrice della quinta edizione USA di MISS CHEF® New York 2018, la kermesse internazionale che si è svolta il 5 ottobre nel rinomato ristorante di Manhattan, Norma. MISS CHEF® (www.misschef.net) è la prima competizione tra alcune...
READ MOREDecisions, decisions. If you had to go to one pizzeria in each of New York's 62 counties, which would be the ones? That's a "Pie in the Sky" question for most, who likely wouldn't be able to name more than a handful of counties. But a website has come out with its answers. In presenting them, newyorkupstate.com says its choices may not be the best...
READ MOREThe joyful tastes of southern Italy has arrived in San Angelo with Napoli's. The building previously housed Chandler's Bar and Grill, which closed in February of this year. It didn't stay empty for long though. Napoli's at 421 S Chadbourne St. opened it's doors on Oct. 1 to an eager crowd. Only three weeks old, this Italian, family owned restaurant...
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