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Interested in sampling some new Italian spots in Chicago? You're in luck — we've found the freshest businesses to fill the bill. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're in the mood for Italian food.  Sapori Antichi Bar Italiano (22 W. Ohio St., River North), First up is Sapori Antichi Bar Italiano, an Italian restaurant and bar...

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Power couple Fabio and Maria Trabocchi, the restaurateurs behind Michelin-starred Fiola, seafood-centric Fiola Mare, and Spanish-style Del Mar, plan to open a second Sfoglina in Rosslyn later this year, reports the Washington Business Journal. The 4,500-square-foot Italian restaurant, destined for the base of the 1100 Wilson Boulevard office tower,...

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Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, a popular family-owned restaurant chain based out of New Haven, Connecticut, will be opening its 10th location and first Rhode Island shop on Monday, May 14, much to the pleasure of local pizza lovers. The restaurant held a soft opening this week, inviting members of the public in to try some of the Pepe family’s fam...

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Sicilian granita has rougher consistency than gelato, is entirely free from air and has a sugar content of about 30%. It is made of water, fruit juices or syrups. On the Siracusa coast, it’s semi-liquid, whereas on the opposite side of the region both its texture and name change: it becomes cremolata. The typical syrups used to make granita Sicilia...

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I have strong beliefs about food. I believe sausage goes only in gravy and the gravy goes only over biscuits. I believe tomatoes should be avoided, because they feel squishy in your mouth. I believe olives are fine for decoration, but should never be eaten. And I believe that pasta of any kind is just way too complicated – to prepare or to eat....

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Italian chain North Italia will churn out brick-oven pizza and house-made pasta in Mary Brickell Village beginning this fall. The restaurant, which joins more than a dozen other locations across the nation, will be the first in Florida. Created in 2002 by James Beard Award semifinalist Sam Fox, North Italia falls under his Fox Restaurant Group, whi...

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With Pizzeria Monzú, Giovanni Mauro is returning to his roots — and at the same time bringing Las Vegas a less-familiar aspect of Italian culinary tradition. Mauro is one of three sons of the family that operated Nora’s Italian Cuisine at 6025 W. Flamingo Road for nearly 30 years. He operated Nora’s Winebar and Osteria in Rampart Commons a few year...

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I’ve always loved Accanto. It’s one of my brunch besties—a place that takes reservations, but you can probably snag a table if you’re being impulsive. It’s also always punched up a few levels, serving great Italian at fairly reasonable prices. Meant to be a sister to the fancier Genoa restaurant, it’s Accanto that’s survived—and thrived. As Chris F...

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There’s no shortage of good pizza in Los Angeles—we say without breaking eye contact with New Yorkers—and we know that reputation L.A.’s got for hating carbs is completely misguided. Just ask anyone who’s waited months for a reservation at Bestia or hours for a table in the MozzaPlex, or maybe you should ask our recent onslaught of Italian restaura...

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Looking for your next great Italian meal in Seattle? These new spots will satisfy your cravings for pasta, pizza and more. Here are the newest places to check out the next time you're in the mood for Italian food. Pasta Casalinga, 93 Pike St., Suite 201 (at First Avenue), Pike Place Market - Pasta Casalinga is a destination for handcrafted pasta wi...

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