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by Alessia Gargiulo   Christmas is an international holiday, celebrated by Christians in its more spiritual incarnation, and by people all over the world who share the more humanist joys of the holiday, like spending time with the family, thinking of the less fortunate and celebrating the passing of another year.   With its multi cult...

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by Nicole Danna   When Tony D's chef/owner Jay Speranza was growing up in Rochester, New York, the family kitchen was an important part of his day-to-day life. These days, Speranza is spending more time is professional kitchens, including that of the South Florida expansion of his Rochester-based Italian eatery, which launched an outpos...

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There are plenty of restaurants that provide competent service, but few conduct themselves so thoughtfully that profits seem secondary to a genuine desire to maximize your happiness. Restaurants that achieve this become local institutions, with a constant customer base of regulars who know each other as well as the staff. Opened by Frank and Judy S...

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Italy! Food! Two words that inspire passion in everyone. A country whose cuisine has delighted the world now has its native son bringing the flavors, tastes, and feel of Italy to kitchens everywhere. Chef Luigi Diotaiuti, chef/owner of Al Tiramisu in the heart of Washington, DC, loves to prepare the foods of his native country, taking traditional i...

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The George Washington Lodge of OSIA, will host a Chicken Dinner (Italian Style) benefiting National COPILAS at the George Brent Council, Knights of Columbus Hall at All Saints Catholic Church located at 9300 Stonewall Road. Manassas ,Va.20110. Members of the Lodge and the Knights of Columbus will be preparing and serving the food. The dinner is $7....

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Vivo Trattoria and Wine Bar, a new Italian restaurant in the Hotel at Arundel Preserve, will open to the public Friday night. The 113-seat restaurant is New York-based George Martin Group's second in Maryland; the group also owns Grillfire in the same hotel. George Korten, the George Martin Group's founder and owner, said he chose the concept...

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By Heather McPherson   Rustic Italian cookery has replaced modern Greek cuisine at Disney's Boardwalk Resort. In the space formerly occupied by Cat Cora's Kouzzina, Trattoria al Forno has emerged with local produce, wood-fired pizzas, housemade pastas and mozzarella, imported charcuterie and an Italian wine list representing Italy's 20...

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Primo's Ristorante opened in late November at 106 Green St., Worcester. Owner Lisa Tiscione-Rodriguez with her husband, Angel Rodriguez, and restaurateur Joe Petrou established the restaurant in space formerly occupied by Prifti candy. It's also next door to the former Center Bar and Grill, which was run by Rodriguez and will now become an extensi...

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by Pamela Silvestri   Mario Gentile signed a lease at 1657 Richmond Road back in the summer. The address recently played home to the former Espana Royale in Dongan Hills. Now, it becomes Mario's Restaurant with his take-out section, Mario's To-Go, ready to open right next door.   Right after the New Year, job applicants came for an in...

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There just aren't a lot of family businesses anymore, and very, very few in West Virginia that have been around as long as Leonoro's Spaghetti House on Charleston's East End.   Standing next to a blackened, 40-year-old gas stove, boiling pasta and simmering marinara sauce, Al Leonoro shrugged wistfully. "It's all one generation now," he...

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