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A dream come true, Cattivella, a restaurant owned by chef Elise Wiggins, opens today in the still-growing Stapleton neighborhood. The Italian restaurant is the first to open in the Eastbridge Town Center development, one that will also house Concourse from chef Lon Symensma, Los Chingones and Hash from chef Troy Guard, and an outpost of Next Door,...

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Have you bought your tickets for the second annual Carnevale? At 6 p.m. this Tuesday, April 25, the Rehoboth Touch of Italy becomes an Italian Street Fair with unlimited food, wine, masks, valet parking, auctions - you name it. And it’s all to raise money for the Touch of Italy/RehobothFoodie.com Culinary Scholarship Fund.  So why a scholarship fun...

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One of Milledgeville’s most popular restaurants has set out on an ambitious undertaking. Amici, the restaurant and bar that has operated for more than 20 years and which has grown to include seven locations around Middle Georgia, is planning a brand new restaurant in what will be the biggest city the company has ventured into so far: Macon. The mov...

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Just a few weeks ago, my Lunch Bunch Buddy and I were bemoaning the scarcity of Italian restaurants in Wichita Falls. Lo and behold, no sooner did we write that review and a brand new Italian restaurant opens - downtown of all places. After seeing the newly hung sign, and a few Facebook raves, we quickly made our way down to Solorzano’s Italian Cui...

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Siena Tavern co-owner Fabio Viviani lived in the area for less than six years before he scored one of Chicago's greatest honors -- having a day named for him. He joked that it also didn't take long for that recognition to go to his head. "I was like, 'Hello, what are we waiting for?,'" Viviani told the Tribune in a recent chat at Siena Tavern in Ri...

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Home-sick Chicagoans will no longer have to fly off to Chicago or order a frozen pizza online in order to satisfy their Gino’s East of Chicago deep-dished pizza cravings. Gino’s first Phoenix location, and 18th overall, is set to open in Arcadia at 3626 E. Indian School Rd., on Monday, April 24 at 4 p.m. And the food? It’s delicious, it’s gooey and...

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Fifty-three years ago today, the first jar of what we now call Nutella was sold from a bakery in Alba, Piedmont. Not long after, the chocolate-hazelnut spread would conquer the entire world. But the unusual - and sometimes controversial - history of the world-famous spread might surprise even its most dedicated fans. Here are some of the most bizar...

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Construction of the downtown Westin Hotel is on pace for a June opening, and the hotel's Italian steakhouse is taking shape. It now has a name, Stella Van Buren, and a menu of steaks and house-made pastas. The 220-room Westin is the higher-end hotel going up at 550 N. Van Buren St., just blocks from the lakefront. It will be connected at its third...

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A lot of veal has been parmed since 1967, which is when Rich Ronzio and Charlie Mugavero opened the first Rich & Charlie’s, a small Italian deli at Delmar Boulevard and Old Bonhomme Road. The four-restaurant chain has started celebrating the milestone by offering specials that appeared on the original menus. The company now is owned Ronzio's nephew...

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Con un piatto di spaghetti all’amatriciana ha preso per la gola Bill de Blasio, l’attuale sindaco di New York, che la nomina excecutive chef di Gracie Mansion dopo la prova finale: una cena con sette portate italiane e asiatiche. Paola Aranci, quarantenne romana, di Monteverde, di strada ne ha fatta prima di arrivare nella Grande Mela un anno e mez...

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