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Located in downtown West Springfield and open since early 2016, bNapoli Italian has elevated its namesake style of dining to lofty new levels. Housed in a former copy shop and adjacent to a sister pizzeria, bNapoli is a space distinguished by its minimalist elegance. A soft-gray-dominated palette of fabrics and finishes sets off dramatic visual ele...

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While a few new restaurants have opened in the region recently, one stands out for being a delivery meal service specializing in lasagna. Christian Stratford and Drew Baxter plan to open their new Beradi's Italian Cucina by the end of April. “Our lasagna is pretty consistently amazing,” Stratford said. “There are a lot of really good Italian dishes...

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Twenty-six years ago, Chris Davidson boarded a plane and left the East Coast, bound for the South Bay of Los Angeles. He was young, green and had absolutely no idea what lay ahead. But he took the leap. Now he looks with gratitude at the life he's built: He’s happily married, a father to four exuberant daughters, and last week he was readying for t...

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With a taste of Italy mixed in with a New York attitude, Bob and Kim Yacone have baked a pizza pie that tantalized the palates of the International Pizza Expo held in Las Vegas Nevada in late March. “The secret is there is no secret,” said Bob Yacone, owner of Deming’s Forghedaboudit Authentic New York Italian Restaurant. “I use fresh ingredients l...

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As soon as you walk into the tan building on Fort Crook Road, you get the feeling you’ve been there before. Something about the location of the bathrooms, the kitchen and the open spaciousness of the eating area. If you think you’ve been there, perhaps you have. Before it took its latest form, it was Latin-themed nightclub Club Mega. Before that...

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A new Italian restaurant is set to open soon in Grand Rapids. Palio, at 545 Michigan St. NE, will host a VIP grand-opening celebration on April 18. The Medical Mile restaurant opens to the public on April 19, with dinner-only hours running until April 23. Palio’s normal business hours begin on April 24. The VIP party requires reservations, which co...

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From the timing of the courses to the atmosphere, the folks at Bella Mia in Midlothian strive to make every diner feel welcome and special."It's really important to me how people feel about the food and the restaurant," owner Randy Spears said between mopping floors and driving a senior patron's car to the front of his Italian restaurant. "Personal...

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Mention the name Macri in this town and the first thing that comes to mind is the family that owns the bakery and two Italian restaurants in South Bend and Granger. “We’re not related,” Frank Macri says while in the small office inside his Macri’s Italian Kitchen during a recent Sunday afternoon. He readily acknowledges that although the name “M...

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Craving authentic Italian dishes? Head to Cupertino, where the region’s newest all-Italian restaurant crew has settled in. Here, behind the BlueLight Cinemas at the Oaks, you’ll find Enzo’s, the brainchild of owner Paul Tersini (OK, he’s the only Italian-American in the bunch) and three culinary veterans, managers Christian Iannone from Milan and F...

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The Parziales have been baking bread in Boston since 1907, when Giuseppe “Joe” Parziale came from Italy with his wife Anna and opened a small bakery on Charter Street. Many things in the neighborhood have changed since then, including the bakery’s address — which is now 80 Prince Street — but the Parziale family still churns out crunchy loaves of B...

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