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When you're really hungry, sometimes only a heaping plate of pasta, a basket of bread and a jug of wine will do. Decatur has no shortage of restaurants to choose from, and Italian, or Italian-inspired, restaurants rank among the best.   But which ones are at the top of the list? We went to Yelp for answers. Here's a look at the top...

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By Hatcher Hurd Dominick's Italian restaurants have grown to be five now, the latest in Roswell, but they all have the same recipe for success. Roswell's Dominick's is at 408 South Atlanta Street in the Clock Tower shopping center. Owner-chef Khoi Phan may seem an unlikely choice for running a restaurant specializing in Italian cuisine – he i...

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Giovanni Di Palma, The restaurateur and creator of Antico Pizza Napoletana in Atlanta, has experienced rapid, exponential growth and now he wants to expand. Pizza is in Giovanni's DNA and Zagat, the No.1 guide to discovering the best and most notable restaurants, called Antico Pizza the best in the country.   To add to the Neapolitan ex...

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The noted Italian tire maker Pirelli said today it plans to begin serving the commercial truck and bus markets in the United States and Canada through a new entity, TP Commercial Solutions LLC, which is dedicated to these markets. The move represents an expansion into North America of Pirelli's industrial business unit, currently headed at the gro...

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Ripartono anche quest'anno i collegamenti stagionali di Delta Airlines che dall'Italia collegheranno con voli diretti gli Stati Uniti.   Domenica sono iniziati i collegamenti non-stop tra Milano Malpensa ed Atlanta, tra Roma Fiumicino e Detroit e tra Venezia ed Atlanta. Ieri invece il primo volo estivo da Pisa ha collegato l'aeroporto JFK di...

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What happens when a girl gets a Bachelor's degree in History and can't find a job? She learns a trade. And for Lauren Cox, that meant serving in a restaurant in her hometown in Arkansas.   "It was crap. The food was from Sysco, there was no passion," Cox said. "I started to develop an overall consideration for what I was putting into my body...

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by Trevor Williams   Italy's new honorary consul in Georgia is aiming to raise the profile of a country with a heavy business influence here that hasn't been appropriately recognized.   "Unlike countries like Germany that have a very organized presence in Atlanta, the Italians to date haven't really had that, and so one of my goals is...

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Carlo Catani, an activist with the Slow Food movement, was at a wine show in Italy two years ago tasting some bottles from Georgia when an idea struck him: what if he were able to convince Italian winemakers to make wine using the traditional Georgian method of fermenting it in large clay vessels known as kvevri?   The initial idea was somet...

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The evening will begin with a silent auction to support acquisitions for the museum. This year, the fundraiser has an Italian theme in its food, décor and auction items. The auction will include original art donated by Jim Fiscus, Mary Ruth Moore, Michael Lachowski and Chris Wyrick. There also will be a selection of handbags and shoes from Faye Ch...

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Not all dynamic wine programs live in major cities and cover dozens of pages. Daniel Pernice, 33, left a vaunted Manhattan establishment when he got the opportunity to create a wine list of his own back in his hometown of Roswell, Ga., a vibrant suburb of Atlanta. He earned Osteria Mattone a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for its 130-selection...

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