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The Guardian recently published an unusual list mentioning 10 of the best foodie experiences in Europe, offering tips on possible mouth-watering trips across Europe that would be worth savouring. Moving from Greece to Span, from France to Portugal, without bypassing northern European country, the British magazine found some space for an “Italian ex...

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Gravina in Puglia, a small town in the south of Italy, is an ancient town with Romanesque cathedrals and Baroque style churches. It is also the hometown of the proprietors of Gravina Malibu. For starters at the restaurant, one may wish to try the Insalata di Pere ($16), made with mixed greens and raw spinach, cherry tomatoes, white asparagus and pe...

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Giancarlo “Wendy” Cacciatori can take a hint. When a restaurant group hired him as a consultant to come to Miami, eat for two weeks and then advise them what sort of Italian restaurant they should open, he didn’t vacillate: regional Italian. Bologna, to be specific. They didn’t listen. But they should have. So Cacciatori, who was born in Bologna, d...

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Avvio sounds sleek, like a celebrity baby name, but it loosely translates to “start” in Italian. What a fitting name for this restart of Papa Razzi, a 20-year Garden City favorite. Avvio’s concept is similar to its predecessor. This is not surprising since both the Newport Restaurant Group and the Papa Razzi chain are owned by the same Rhode Island...

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Since Peppino's Neapolitan opened in Armory Square in May 2015, it's been a different kind of pizza place. No "New York style" slices: It's offered whole pizzas, built to order, cooked Italian-style in a brick-lined oven for a soft, light and airy crust. Now the restaurant at 409 S. Clinton St. is doing something different again: It's expanding wit...

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Would you wait in line overnight to score free pizza for a year? Plantone’s Italian Market wants to find out. To celebrate its recent opening, the western valley sandwich and pizza shop will reward the first 100 customers who buy an individual pizza, large salad or large sandwich on Friday with free pizza for a year. The rules are simple. Pizza dev...

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The James Beard Foundation just announced the five winners of the America’s Classics Award for 2017. A St. Louis restaurant was recognized for the first time since the award’s inception in 1998. Stroud’s, Kansas City’s famous pan-fried chicken eatery, was honored that year and until today was the only Missouri restaurant to receive the James Beard...

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An new "neighborhood Italian restaurant" is coming to 127 Columbia St. this spring. Chris McDade and James O'Brien presented their plans for "Popina" to Community Board 6's licensing committee on Tuesday night, explaining that the restaurant will take over the former home of Thai eatery Pok Pok NY, which has moved down the block to 117 Columbia St....

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Casual diners on the R Street corridor are already spoiled for choice, with counter-service cafes like Nido, Metro Kitchen and Billy Ngo’s Fish Face and gastropubs like Iron Horse Tavern, Burgers & Brew and Fox & Goose. But Amaro Italian Bistro & Bar, which opened Jan. 8, brings something new to the neighborhood dining scene. Owners Jason Boggs, Ga...

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Joe Paterno was and still is one of the most recognizable names in the world — something that made the winningest football coach in NCAA history quite the marketing tool. Bread distributor Holsum, who once provided delicious grain-based products to households across the country, recognized this and promptly made Paterno the face of Italian bread ba...

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