Close

It's Saturday night. And though Thursday may be the new Saturday, the weekend still reigns supreme when it comes to the hustle and bustle of the local restaurant scene. Cielo Ristorante -- note cielo translates from Italian into meaning "heaven" or as a member of the wait staff stated, "the sky," -- fits snugly into our hypothesis. The dining spot...

1133

Italian food is much more than pastas and pizzas. Nick's Ristorante in Huntsville proves the experience of Italian eateries in American can include a solid steak and much more. On our final stop of the Alabama's Best Steakhouse tour, Nick's Ristorante is found in the Bailey Cove area of the Huntsville's south end. It might be hard to miss, tucked a...

1643

Royce Burke has never owned or run a restaurant, but his pop-up cooking at local spots like Chimney Coffee House and the Arts District’s excellent Daily Dose Cafe have garnered him a lot of fans. Now he’s embarking on his own brick-and-mortar shop in Chinatown. Say hello to Secret Lasagna, a late-night takeout and delivery joint that will begin ser...

1138

Giorgio’s on Hillview is replacing the former Mercato Pizzeria & Bar (previously Ocean Blues, The Table, Zoria) and is expected to open in mid-July. Co-owners Giorgio Guastella, who was proprietor of Mercato for the past year, and Elena de Luca, both native Italians, have given Michael Garey “carte blanche” as operating consultant in redoing the en...

1775

Trecento imprese distribuite in 284 stand su una superficie di quasi 8.000 metri quadrati, un premio che per la prima volta viene assegnato negli Usa e un numero record di visitatori: sono le cifre del Padiglione Italia al Summer Fancy Food Show 2017, la più grande fiera del Nord America dedicata alle specialità food&beverage che si è conclusa il 2...

1205

Il noto critico d’arte internazionale Francesco Bonami nel suo ultimo libro L’arte nel cesso: da Duchamp a Cattelan, ascesa e declino dell’arte contemporanea, nella maniera provocatoria che lo contraddistingue, afferma che l’arte contemporanea è ormai arrivata al capolinea, proprio, con il “cesso a 18 carati” dell’italiano Maurizio Cattelan, espost...

1079

One of the best-known names in Italian dining in St. Louis will soon grace a restaurant again. As St. Louis Magazine first reported, Michael Del Pietro will open Del Pietro's at 1059 South Big Bend Boulevard in Richmond Heights, the address previously occupied by Riverbend Restaurant & Bar and, before that, Harvest. Del Pietro's parents, Michael Sr...

1594

Whenever you travel to Italy, you can be assured of good food. But in the stiflingly warm summer months, visitors may not be in the mood for heavy plates of pasta and pizza ... or at least not all the time. Italians eat with the seasons, meaning most restaurants will change their menus depending on which vegetables are freshest and tastiest that we...

1229

When I say “authentic,” I really mean it. Pasquale’s, A Pizza Napulitana, is the real deal. Pasquale’s is located in South County Commons in Wakefield, but its roots are in Italy. Owner Pasquale Illiano was born and raised in Naples. That’s where he leaned to cook and perfected his techniques. A personable and gracious host, Pasquale takes enormous...

1297

I'm not sure on my own if I would have stumbled upon Scalessa's Old School Italian Kitchen, a newish Italian eatery deep in the heart of Wilmington's Forty Acres neighborhood. It's parked on a mostly residential area at the corner of Shallcross Avenue and North Lincoln Street in a brick building, painted gray, that dates back to the 1920s. Some may...

1602