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A new grocery store and Italian spot, offering beer, wine and spirits and more, has made its debut in the neighborhood. The newcomer to the Heights, called Italian American Grocery Co., is located at 3605 White Oak Dr. This new grocer is the latest project from restaurateur Louie Comella, who also owns Gelazzi, the eatery next door that is known fo...

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Hyde Park now has an option for Neapolitan pizza. Nella Pizza e Pasta opened recently at a space at 1125 E. 55th St. and is open seven days a week. It's the creation of Nella Grassano, who recently closed her pizza shop in Lincoln Park and has now reopened at the University of Chicago space.  Grassano has expanded the menu from her Lincoln Park day...

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Joseph R. Gannascoli — who played beefy mobster Vito Spatafore on “The Sopranos” — has been surprising New York-area Italian-food lovers with his cooking skills. The actor and foodie was spotted cooking up “spaghetti carbonara in a Parmesan wheel tableside” at Matteo’s of Roslyn on Wednesday night, we hear, to the delight of diners. One fan of his...

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Arizona-based Fox Restaurant Concepts’ first successful foray into the Las Vegas market was the hip, friendly Culinary Dropout at the Hard Rock Hotel. Now the innovative dining group has invaded the Vegas ’burbs with the warm, homey North Italia in the renovated Rampart Commons center at Charleston and Rampart boulevards. Its expansive dining room,...

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The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for "Member's Mark Italian Style Beef Meatballs by Casa di Bertacchi." The recall is for 36-pound cases that contain six 6-pound bags of the meatballs and are labeled with a "best if used by" date of December 17, 2018. They also have a lot code of 15507351 on the packaging. 

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Expectations are very positive, as this is the first show of 2018 after the closing of a very good 2017 for the exports of Italian food and wine to the US. This is what Maurizio Forte, Director of the Italian Trade Agency in New York, told Italianfood.net at the Winter Fancy Food Show 2018 in San Francisco. As for US buyers at the exhibition, Mr. F...

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Buddy V's Ristorante, the Italian-American eatery from Buddy "Cake Boss" Valastro, will open its doors to San Antonio on Monday, January 29, according to a press release. Located at The Shops at La Cantera, Buddy V's will serve up twists on Italian-American classics as well as desserts that made Valastro famous with his TLC show.The menu will inclu...

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Celebrity Chef Vic Vegas– best known for numerous appearances on the hit reality TV show Bar Rescue – has been named Executive Chef at The 51 House on the Edenton waterfront, owner Rose Tummarello has announced. Vegas played a lead role in the restaurant's launch in fall 2016. Now he's back to help oversee restaurant operations and spice up its cul...

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Hours at the onset will be daily starting at 7 a.m. The business will close at 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 10 p.m. Thursday; 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 5 p.m. Sunday. The hope is to see patrons from across the street after mass lets out at St. Joseph's R.C. Church. The restaurant, which aims to open Friday, Feb. 9, is a family affair. Na...

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I appreciate when a restaurant has a firm grasp on its identity. Come Back Inn, the long-standing eatery at the corner of Swan and Breckenridge streets, is such an establishment. The homey, neighborhood vibe coupled with dishes that are unabashedly covered in bubbling layers of cheese, speaks to the restaurant’s distinction as an Italian-American p...

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