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ANAHEIM Community support poured in Saturday for philanthropist Bruno Serato after his iconic Anaheim White House, where he’s served more than one million free meals to needy children, was severely damaged in a pre-dawn fire. Some 60 firefighters from four cities knocked down the blaze in about 30 minutes after the call went out at 4:18 a.m., said...

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Piada Italian Street Food, the growing popular fast casual restaurant group, has opened its first Pennsylvania location on Forbes Avenue in Oakland. Taking yet another spin on the assembly line Chipotle concept, customers build personalized wraps with a “piada,” an Italian flatbread similar to a tortilla. Fresh pastas, chopped salads and Italian-in...

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A new pizzeria called Mandolino opened this past weekend at 137 East 13th St. between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue. Mandolino offers a variety of Italian fare, from pizza to meat to pasta. "The magic and the art happens in the kitchen where bold flavors and fresh ingredients evolve into delicious meals created by the hands of our truly talented a...

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YOU CAN ALREADY GET HAND-ROLLED PASTA at Laurenzo’s Restaurant on Washington Avenue. The Italian and steak-focused restaurant from the Laurenzo family, best known for its matriarch Ninfa, who opened her eponymous Mexican spot in 1973, welcomed a sequel last Monday with the opening of Laurenzo’s Bar & Grill in Midtown. And according to executive che...

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It's been almost exactly a year since news emerged that Gino Fazzari would open a new pizzeria right next door to his Calderone Club, 842 N. Old World 3rd St. Pizzeria San Giorgio – located in the former Thai Palace, 838 N. Old World 3rd St. – will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. with Mayor Tom Barrett and Bucks President Peter...

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Just a few short months after Not Your Average Joe's moved out, Italian-inspired Evviva Cucina has moved in, opening its doors to the public on Tuesday. The Evviva Cucina menu features everything from appetizers, salads and sandwiches to specialty pasta, entrees and two kinds of pizza made in a wood stone oven. "The Evvivapolitan is a traditional N...

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If you were to compile a list of restaurant genres that the East Bay has a dire shortage of, Italian-inspired wood-oven pizza wouldn’t crack the top ten. We do, after all, have plenty of that.Still, you have to admire the owners of Lucia’s, a new Neapolitan-style pizzeria in downtown Berkeley, for having the courage of their convictions to go all-i...

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Ceretto, the world-renowned brand of the best Barolo wine, doesn’t just merely sit on the greatness of its tradition, but keeps on preserving the fire of innovation by investing in brand-new technology. That’s why the family decided to become shareholder of Eattiamo (http://us.eattiamo.com), a startup born at the end of 2014 that has been going thr...

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In my five years in Denver, I’ve been on a low-key quest to find the kind of cheap, ultra-casual and delicious Italian restaurants I grew up with. It hasn’t been easy. A couple places, particularly Trattoria Stella, come close price-wise, but I was still missing a certain feeling you only get in old, family-owned joints. The kind of places where al...

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The New Haven area is known for its Italian heritage and for a pasta supplier in West Haven, the word business is all about family. At Durante’s Pasta, making pasta is truly a work of art. “Having a family business, to me personally, is everything,” said Angelo Durante. Angelo’s mother and father, Carmelina and Amedeo, met in Ruviano, Italy and cam...

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