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Italian-style food for the gods is on the menu at a new Wilmington Avenue restaurant.   Ambrosia Restaurant and Wine Bar is owned by Christos and Susan Sfetsas, and partner Mike Meibaum. "We're a homemade, family environment," Christos said. "We're not a chain, we do everything from scratch."    Read more   Source: h...

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Donatella was born and raised in the Lazio region of Italy. In 1993 she moved to the USA leaving all of her family and friends behind. At first her new life with her husband in Akron, Ohio was not easy; she felt very lonely and out of place. It took her quite some time to familiarize herself with the new cultural aspects and traditions.   Lo...

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I criteri per scegliersi il ristorante dove cenare sono tanti, se i consigli del cognato vi hanno stufato, e se le nuove stelle Michelin non vi smuovono, suggerisco un'alternativa fascinosa: i ristoranti più antichi d'Italia.   Quasi mai la gestione è rimasta intatta negli anni (tanto meno nei secoli) ma detenere la regia della cucina di un...

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The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts will host a fish dinner on Friday, March 27, at 6 p.m. at their 56 Margaret Street location in Springfield.   The deadline for reservations is March 20 and only 100 seats are available. Reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis and must be paid for in advance. Cost per...

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In Italian, the word "piccolo" means small, but there is nothing small about the variety of delicacies available at the new delicatessen, Piccolo Market, on Rte. 25 in Moultonborough.   Chef/owner Bill Bennett opened his deli with a small café in late December and has been adding delicious items to his menu ever since. Bennett, originally fr...

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Before I catalog the charms of Casa D'Angelo, let me tell you how chef Angelo Elia's wonderful Boca Raton restaurant became the subject of this review. Patience, please. In case you haven't noticed, Boca loves Italian like Miami loves Cuban.   From Old World dining rooms with tuxedoed waiters to mom-and-pop pizza joints with a guy in a...

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by Vince Brennan   Owners of a University City Loop pizza restaurant have announced that they are transforming it into a classic Italian restaurant. Mike and Liz Randolph are reinventing The Good Pie at 6665 Delmar Blvd. into Randolfi's, an Italian restaurant that will honor the family's culinary lineage from Southern Italy. The new re...

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by Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer   When they were visiting Siena, Italy, the team behind River North's Siena Tavern conceived of a restaurant. As Siena Tavern progressed from idea to reality, it moved away from that vision—but apparently without detriment, to judge from the crowds there. The owners have returned to the dream kindled on that...

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by Eric Convey   Steve DiFillippo is on the move again. The chef-owner who over 30 years has taken his Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse from its Boston roots to Manhattan, Philadelphia and Atlanta is preparing to open a location in California. The Los Angeles location may prove to be a logistical headache for a business owner so han...

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by Heather Augustyn   With two locations, in Chesterton and Crown Point, Lucrezia houses some of the region's most authentic and fresh Italian food, including cavatappi pasta, corkscrews that individually hold a rich, Parmesan, buttery cream sauce, surrounded by generous amounts of Portobello mushrooms, lightly caramelized shallots, and plum...

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