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There was a time when you could dump some garden-variety ice in a glass, swirl it around with the right ingredients, and I’d knock it back with grateful satisfaction. That was before Martina, where each drink is made with its own particular type of ice: crushed, cubed, stamped, and slivered. No number of slapdash drinks can unring that bell. But wh...

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Imagine that you’re on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea enjoying a beautiful waterfront dinner with some authentic Italian cuisine. OK, so it’s not quite the Mediterranean, but the food at Ristorante Lago does its part to paint the picture. Since opening in October 2016 at the site of the former Golden Anchor, executive chef and general manager J...

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Husband and wife team, Scott Tacinelli and Angie Rito, let their deep Italian-American roots influence the menu in their latest venture together, as the owners of sleek new New York restaurant and bar Don Angie.  Located in Manhattan’s West Village, Tacinelli and Rito have slapped a new spin on the Italian-American dining they grew up among here at...

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Trattoria Pizza and Italian will soon be opening its newest location at OWA, Coastal Alabama’s award-winning resort destination. Trattoria Pizza & Italian has quickly become a regional favorite being recently voted both best pizza and best kept restaurant secret in South Alabama. “Having an Italian offering at OWA has always been a key component in...

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More than 50 events, 50 consortia, wineries, Italian food & wine and lifestyle companies, more than 500 importers and local distributors, more than 100 certified Italian restaurants involved: these are the numbers of Authentic Italian Table, the event with which 9 Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad (CCIE) of Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, N...

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Chicago’s Little Italy on Taylor Street will lose one of its longest-running restaurants. RoSal’s Italian Cucina, which has been open for 28 years at 1154 W. Taylor Street, will close for good on May 13, ownership announced on Facebook: “We are super excited to be starting a new chapter in our lives but will miss everything about the restaurant; th...

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A widespread New York-based Italian restaurant and pizzeria is making its return to Queens with a soon-to-open location on Grand Avenue in Maspeth. Patrizia’s will open on the corner of Grand Avenue and 69th Place — the former site of a McDonald’s — sometime in the late spring or early summer, according to a spokesperson for the restaurant. While t...

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LaSalette Shrine, says Father Flavio Gillio, is a lot more than Christmas lights. There are, for instance, various pilgrimages and festivals for the region’s Catholic ethnic groups. The Park Street shrine has played host to Portuguese, Hispanic, Cambodian and Vietnamese events over the years. One more ethnicity can soon be added to that group. LaSa...

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Celebrated chef and food ambassador Lidia Bastianich just won her second straight James Beard Award for PBS’s “Lidia Celebrates America: Homegrown Heroes,” telling uplifting stories of military veterans and food. Like her 2016 public media program “Holiday for Heroes,” which won also won best special, “Homegrown Heroes” featured Bastianich visiting...

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No matter what side of the Eisenhower you call home, there’s one thing we can agree on: Chicago pizza is, unquestionably, the best. And Aurelio’s is certainly no exception. Having first opened its doors in Homewood in 1959, Aurelio’s Pizza is one of the oldest  pizza chains in and around the city, making it a favorite of many both old and new. Feat...

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