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by Darin Moriki   It has been a little less than two weeks since the last meals were served up at Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas and Vino Italian Tapas & Wine Bar before the doors closed at the two DK Restaurant locations in Honolulu's Waterfront Plaza. But it may not be too long before at least one of the two restaurants reopen.   R...

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Bruno's Forno owner Zoran Milanovic was a dedicated customer when Bruno Iezzi himself recruited Milanovic to take over the small Italian restaurant in Honolulu's Chinatown last year. Now, Milanovic is searching for another Bruno's Forno heir before he closes the shop at the end of the month. Milanovic, a portfolio manager at CitiGroup in Dalla...

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by Michelle Ramos   A small group of diners met with "Under the Tuscan Sun" author Frances Mayes Monday at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for lunch.    The author and her husband Ed, in town to promote Mayes' label Tuscan Sun, chatted with about 15 people about life in Italy, where Mayes bought a house in 1990, and in North Carolina, w...

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by Alex Bitter   Turning waste into environmentally friendly plastics is the goal of a $1.4-million project announced Tuesday by the University of Hawai'i and an Italian plastics company.   Researchers in the School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology (SOEST) will use the money to improve the plastic manufacturing process used...

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The Italian luxury designer brand Versace is once again opening a store at Ala Moana Center in May, the state's largest shopping center said on its website.The new store will be located in the former Big Island Candies space between Tumi and Armani Exchange in the Macy's wing on the mall level. Versace also is hiring for all store positions includ...

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by Lennie Omalza   When we heard that Maile Sengoura of Maile's Thai Bistro in Hawai'i Kai was opening an Italian restaurant, we were intrigued. What would the owner of a Thai restaurant do with Italian cuisine? Plus, the "and Bar" portion of its name had us daydreaming about our next pau hana.   When we finally made it over to Ward V...

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by Darin Moriki   Italian designer Giorgio Armani's fashion company will open its first Hawaii outlet store next month in Waikele Premium Outlets on Oahu, according to public records verified by outlet management.   Giorgio Armani Corp., the New York-based subsidiary of the fashion designer's Milan, Italy-based Giorgio Armani S.p.A.,...

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Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, an Italian restaurant chain on the Mainland, planned to open its first Hawaii store for dinner Monday evening at the Safeway-anchored Laulani Village Shopping Center in Ewa Beach on Oahu. Robert Carlisle is owner and operator of the Ewa Beach restaurant, which Russo's said will act as a flagship store for future...

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by Duane Shimogawa Angelo Pietro, the popular Japan-based Italian restaurant chain, which closed down its only Hawaii location near Ala Moana Center in Honolulu in September, has found a new location, but a little further east to the Kaimuki neighborhood, the restaurant's general manager confirmed to PBN. Angelo Pietro's will open in the spring o...

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by Russ Parsons   Is Maccheroni Republic going to take over the world? Jean Louis de Mori and Antonio Tomassi, who opened the always-crowded little downtown restaurant two years ago, have formed a partnership with celebrity chef Roy Yamaguchi to open places in Hawaii, and possibly even to franchise restaurants in China, Japan and South...

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