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By Natalie Morris   When Shepardo's Italian Villa closes at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, it will be for the last time at 1066 E. Ash St. after just shy of three decades at the address. The restaurant reopens Friday at 620 S. First St. in the former Baur's Steakhouse site in Vinegar Hill Mall.   "I know we've got some big shoes to fill," co-owner Joe Bador...

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By Bill Chenevert Many Italian Market shoppers who stroll down the east side of Ninth Street between Ellsworth Street and Washington Avenue, probably think 'What's on the other side of this huge fence?' Facing hip haunts like Connie's Ric Rac, 1132 S. Ninth St., and Teri's Bar, 1126 S. Ninth St., smokers must wonder the same thing.   Situat...

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The curing cellar at Pio Tosini unfolds in more directions than the eye can see. Salted hams hang on floor-to-ceiling racks in long corridors, each a mirror image of the next. It's vast and eerily still, but undeniably alive; I feel as though I've been swept into a current of silent, invisible activity.   A molecular ecosystem is hard at wor...

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by Annie Gentile   It was a busy holiday season for Rosanna and Giovani Russo, owners of Russo's Italian Bakery in Enfield, with cookie platters and other sweet treats practically flying off the shelves. But then again, when you make some of the most delicious Italian pastries around, it's hard not to be busy.   In December, the...

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By Aimee Barrows   Owning and operating an independent family restaurant company for 35 years is no small feat, and Joe Buonavolanto Jr. couldn't be prouder of his family's Berwyn-based chain, Buona, for achieving this important milestone.   "How many family-owned restaurants have been around for 35 years?" said Buonavolanto Jr., 52....

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By John Tuohy At long last, transplanted Chicagoans and other aficionados of the humble hot dog in Central Indiana may reach culinary nirvana. Portillo's, a much-revered Windy City beef and hot dog stand, plans to open a restaurant in Fishers. Deputy Mayor Leah McGrath said officials from Portillo's met with planning officials in the fall ab...

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La cucina italiana negli States da oltre vent'anni ha un'illustre ambasciatrice che porta le nostre ricette nelle case di milioni di americani. La storia è quella di Mary Ann Esposito, creatrice e conduttrice della serie TV su PBS, "Ciao Italia con Mary Ann Esposito", nome tra i più celebri negli Stati Uniti. A lei la città di Forlimpopoli consegne...

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The popular D'Amico's Italian Market Café, a 16-year-old mainstay of Rice Village, is heading west to Katy, Texas, for its second location. Owners Nash D'Amico and Brina D'Amico Donaldson and Larry Martin and Edgar Carlson of HUSA Management, Inc. have announced that they are readying a 193-seat restaurant space in the Phase II portion of the expan...

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by Philip Warren   With the recent closure of two local Italian restaurants, Luca and Bocconcini, Wichitans are left with fewer choices for getting a pasta fix. One of the remaining options is Marchello's, a family-run operation on South Seneca. While it does not replace the upscale menus that Luca and Bocconcini offered, it serves up s...

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The Alma Graduate School - the business school of the University of Bologna - will host a special event at 5:30 p.m. on April 11, 2014 at Eataly (43 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611) to highlight the university's MBA program. The 12-month English language MBA program offers a unique concentration in Food and Wine.   The presentation is me...

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