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After first opening in 1998, Lidia's KC near Union Station plans to remodel its dining room later this year. The Italian restaurant, owned by famous chef Lidia Bastianich, is based off her flagship restaurant Felidia in New York City.   Her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali gave us a tour of Felidia in midtown Manhattan while her mother was...

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by Carey Sweet   Craving whole roasted Sicilian-style pesce di giorno (fish of the day) and a glass of nice Portuguese wine? Find both at the new Spiga Cucina Italiana, which opened in mid-November at Pinnacle Peak and Miller roads in north Scottsdale.   The Mediterranean-themed, rustic-modern restaurant is the work of Toronto restaur...

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Lisa Nakamura's presence in the Pacific Northwest restaurant scene has taken her through downtown Seattle, Kirkland, Orcas Island, and now, with the opening of her Gnocchi Bar to Capitol Hill. Ever since her Allium on Orcas Island closed a few years ago, she's been working on bringing her gnocchi to Seattle. With the recent opening of Gnocchi Bar o...

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by John Mariani   When it opened in 2003, no one knew for sure if putting a bunch of restaurants on the third and fourth floors of the Time-Warner Center at Columbus Circle was going to be a good idea. A lot of experienced restaurateurs wondered if people--especially New Yorkers--would be caught dead taking an escalator up to a dining room....

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Saturday 5, Saturday - End of Summer Pasta Night at Newport Italian - We would like to celebrate the End of Summerwith our famous Pasta Night Event, alongside our fellow Italian motorcycle and scooter lovers!It will be a lively party with Italian music, our famous bruschetta, amazing focaccia made by Magnone Trattoria, pasta al pomodoro (spaghetti...

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by Maria Russo   With plenty of tangy tomato sauce at the ready, and tender meatballs and cheesy margherita pizzas on hand, the stage was set for the 2015 New York City Wine & Food Festival's opening night bash on Thursday: an Italian feast hosted by who else but Food Network's own queen of Italian cuisine, Giada De Laurentiis.  ...

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In early September, Porta Napoli in Harrison took the place of Rue des Crepes, known for its theatrical Parisian décor and its neatly folded buckwheat crepes. It is Naples, not Paris, that the new proprietors hope to bring to mind. "Authenticity" is the catchword. Wood embers glow in a fire-engine-red pizza oven, which spreads cheer like a giant em...

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Santino's Little Italy, an Italian restaurant serving pizzas from a wood-burning oven, plans to open in two weeks at Bay View's northern edge, 352 E. Stewart St. Santo Galati said he expects it will open to the public Jan. 19 or 20; the exact date is expected next week, as is the finalized menu. Galati described the prices as moderate, startin...

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Marco's Pizza, the fastest growing pizza company in the U.S., recently announced a new partnership with the people behind The New York Times' best-selling business book, "The Oz Principle to create a program that will maintain their culture as their company experiences record growth.   The program will roll out nationally to Marco's Pizza's...

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By Susan Stapleton Max Jacobson dives into the massive portions at Carmine's, the new Italian restaurant whose size matches the dishes served at the Forum Shops at Caesars. He notes that, "Carmine's is best enjoyed in a group."   While volume is the calling card here, "it must be said that quality and consistency are hallmarks here. Most fo...

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