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Anthony Mangieri is one of those rare sorts of the restaurant world known for devoting his life to a single noble pursuit: In his case, making the best pizza he can from the best ingredients he can get. He has chased this seemingly simple but elusive goal since 1996, when he opened his first pizzeria in his native New Jersey, followed by ever more...

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Background/Overview: Michael Downing gives much of the credit for his restaurant experience to Jim Lopez, a prominent local entrepreneur for decades. Jim was the franchise owner of the first Taco Bell in town, and then owned and managed Jim’s Coney Island. Michael (“Mike” or “Mic”) earned the title of restaurateur on March 15, 1988, the day he purc...

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Despite a Venetian gondola painting at the entrance and Italian music playing throughout, the new owners of Radicci Italian Bistro are low-key about their restaurant's Italian origin. "I'm only a little bit Italian," explains Danny Morey, who opened the restaurant in the former Daanen's Delicatessen location with wife Jennifer earlier this year. Ra...

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Uptown Kingston will welcome its newest restaurant, Palizzata, in May. Eschewing the chicken parm TexMex of Italian food, the family-owned establishment will serve up authentic dishes from northern Italy. “Palizzata” is Italian for “stockade,” a tip of the cap to both the restaurant’s culinary heritage and its historic location. The dine-in eatery...

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Italian BYOB Burrata opens its doors on the corner of 13th and Wharton streets on Tuesday, May 1. The small, window-lined restaurant replaces August, another Italian BYOB in a neighborhood known for them. But Burrata’s owners, who live within a few blocks, think their menu will make the new restaurant stand out. “We wanted to be different, that’s w...

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The sign over the door at Nephew’s Ristorante is small, but it says it all. This new Creole Italian restaurant recently opened in Metairie and promptly filled with people who practically grew up eating this particular nephew’s food. That would be chef Frank Catalanotto, who for decades ran the kitchen of his uncle’s Lakeview restaurant. His uncle w...

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The Twin Cities food scene is definitely something to boast about, especially when it includes a catering service with recipes straight out of Italy. Richard and Larry D’Amico started D’Amico Catering in the 1980s, when they opened their first locations in Minneapolis, D’Amico Cucina and Azur. As sons of Italian immigrants and second-generation res...

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Looking for your next great Italian meal? These new spots will satisfy all your cravings.  Napoli Pasta Bar is an innovative Italian spot specializing in modern styles based on Neapolitan cuisine, as Eater Washington DC details. The first-time owner Antonio Ferraro is bringing a strong background from his work at other local Italian restaurants, Ca...

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Locally owned Babbo Italian Eatery has announced that it raised $43,000 for Phoenix Children’s Hospital during its grand opening Day of Giving event on Thursday, April 19. The all day celebration was in honor of its eighth restaurant opening at Scottsdale at Talking Stick, according to a press release. During the grand opening Babbo donated 100 per...

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Più che made in Italy, oggi è la regionalità uno dei trend trainanti dell’agroalimentare sul mercato nazionale e su quello estero. E se fino a qualche stagione fa il tricolore in etichetta era un passepartout per fare breccia nel cuore (e nel portafoglio) del consumatore al di qua e al di là delle Alpi, oggi sono le regioni a dare un sovrappiù di g...

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