In college campuses and towns throughout Georgia and South Carolina, friends gather to enjoy fresh, hand-tossed gourmet pizzas and calzones, pastas, hot wings and appetizers, salads, soups, and hot sandwiches in the appropriately named AMICI, which means “friends” in Italian. Now Amici will open its first Atlanta location at The Mark, a new 28-stor...

Måneskin have announced that they will be hitting the road this autumn to kick off a massive world tour. The dates serve as the Italian rockers' rescheduled run of their Loud Kids tour, which was previously set to take place earlier this year. The newly renamed Loud Kids Get Louder tour, will kick off on October 31 in Seattle for the North American...

Bastone“Bastone is meant to catch your eye from the street. The first thing you see is that big, bright red sign against the white exterior of the building. We want to draw you in, and then you get to experience the food here,” chef Pat Pascarella says of his latest restaurant Bastone, now open at the corner of 8th Street and Howell Mill Road. Pasc...

Amici, which means “friends” in Italian, will open its first Atlanta location on Tuesday, March 15, in The Mark, a new 28-story, 230-unit student housing building, at 955 Spring St., according to a press release Wednesday. “We have always had a goal to open a location in Atlanta, and we want this Amici to be the Flagship of our brand,” Mike Torino,...

When frozen yogurt spot Yogurtland closed at the West Paces Ferry Shopping Center in Buckhead last year, Antico pizza owner Giovanni Di Palma says he jumped at the chance to snatch up the space to open Pala, an Italian bakery and gelateria serving paninis, pane Romana flatbreads, and desserts. With a plan to open February 14, Pala marks Di Palma’s...

Pontormo, del Sarto, Foschi. One of these names is much less of a household name when it comes to 16th-century Italian art, but the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia aims to change that this January.  “Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence,” organized by Nelda Damiano, the museum’s Pierre Dau...

Coming to Buckhead Village this summer is a new concept from Pietro Gianni and Stephen Peterson, two of the creators behind Storico. Taking its name from the Rimini verbal expression that conveys the experience of “living with intensity and passion for one’s everyday life,” Yeppa & Co will celebrate the joy of living while featuring fare from the E...

Vesuvio Pizzeria Napoletana has opened in space formerly home to Colombian eatery Colombian Bites, at 2893 N. Main St., Co-Owner Lindsay Andreozzi tells What Now Atlanta.  The pizzeria, which opened January 6, 2022, seems to be flush with business having already started running out of its main ingredient. “We are out of dough for tonight,” Vesuvio...

There is a family-run pizzeria in Georgia that some say is the best pizza in the state. In fact, some guests have even gone so far as to compare Antico Pizza Napoletana in Georgia to the world’s best and oldest pizzeria in Italy! Known for brick-oven pies, communal seating, and tons of Italian flavor, this is a pizza experience that you do not want...

The Midtown Promenade development is getting a new restaurant from Chef Pat Pascarella. Called Alici, which translates to anchovies in Italian, the concept will be an oyster and seafood bar. Pascarella is also the co-founder of The Porchetta Group, a hospitality company that is behind popular Italian restaurants The White Bull and Grana, as well as...