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by Oliver LazenbyThe owner of a new Italian restaurant hopes her venture will be the start of a franchise. Mozza, at 410 W. Bakerview Road, opened in late March with a menu that includes pizza, pasta, calzones, chicken wings, breakfast pizza and quesadillas. The restaurant also serves alcohol, including beer from local breweries. Samantha Mac...

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by Joan Neeno   Last fall, it was pretty slow on both sides of the Highway 59 bridge that spans the Rock River at unincorporated Newville. A fire had closed down the much-loved Anchor Inn on the river's north side. On the south side, the latest incarnation of Fin's/Dockside/Shipwreck had come and gone.    These days, at leas...

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by Daniel I. Dorfman   One of the concerns for years regarding downtown Glencoe has been a lack of dining options, but an area businessman is hoping his experience in the restaurant world will change that perception.   Glenview entrepreneur Rick Raschillo is planning to open Cibo Trattoria with a focus on upscale Italian food. The new...

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by John Mariani   If you've been to Little Italy in Manhattan and were disappointed by the tourist-trap atmosphere and the forgettable food, it's because you went to the wrong place.   The real Little Italy is a vibrant neighborhood in the Bronx called Belmont, half a mile from the Bronx Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Others call it Arthu...

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By Anne Calos  Like most things the Molinaros do, this Sunday's Italian Festival is all about family and friends. This is the 14th year the festival has brought lots of Italian-themed food and fun to the city, but the festival is about a lot more than that. Since it began, the festival has raised almost $100,000 in the fight against canc...

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by Ashok Selvam The wait's almost over for the North Shore as the owners behind Ballaro, a new 112-seat Italian restaurant, hope —pending inspections— that they'll open in three to four weeks in suburban Highwood. The restaurant, an homage to Italy's Ballaró market in Palermo, was conceived by two North Shore friends, Mark Newman and Josh Kaplan,...

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by Connor Hyde Located at the corner of Louetta Road and separated by noisy traffic and developing shopping strips, a quaint lunch bistro adapts to the diversity of Houston by offering a blend of home style Italian entrees tangled with southeast Texas spice.Native Houstonian John Gentempo opened Cipresso Restaurant and Grille, at 11910 Louetta Roa...

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Here's your first look inside Buddy V's, the first Italian-American restaurant from Cake Boss Buddy Valastro that plans to open Oct. 7 at the Palazzo. Über couple and Valastro partners Elizabeth Blau and Kim Canteenwalla of Honey Salt fame have been busy working on the final touches inside the 11,000-square-foot space inside the former home of Firs...

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Mario Batali's Italian-themed food market Eataly is one of the first stores to sign for retail space at Swire Properties' $1.05 billion Brickell CityCentre site in Miami, exMiami reported, citing unnamed sources. Eataly has a 50,000-square-foot space – including a rooftop garden and restaurant – in the Flatiron District in Manhattan, and is op...

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by Brittany McDonough   In East Boston, masked by tripledeckers and tucked away on residential streets, you will find two primetime restaurants run by the DiCenso family. "It takes a strong-hearted family to run any type of business" says Anna DiCenso, Chef Tony's wife and business partner. They are the second generation to run Rino's Place...

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