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By Louisa Chu Veteran restaurateur Phil Stefani has purchased the closed Chinese-American classic restaurant property Kow Kow in Lincolnwood and plans to tear down the building to open an Italian steak and seafood restaurant by summer 2017, purchase with help from his daughter Gina Stefani.   Gina Stefani owns MAD Social in the West Loop.&nbs...

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Save the Date: On Monday, November 10, dine with Joe Bastianich and take a tour of some of the greatest Italian wines with the famed restaurateur, Eataly partner, author, and TV personality at Eataly's fine dining restaurant, Baffo.   Savor a selection of 5 distinguished Italian vini in rare large formats and older vintages, complemented by...

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The trio, which has been honing its profoundly lyrical language with music that evokes cinematic landscapes for many years, will perform a selection of songs from the trio's latest two albums produced by the legendary German jazz label ECM: "The River of Anyder" (2011) and "Songways" (2012).   Co-presented by the Italian Cultural Institute o...

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by Michael Nagrant   What does a reality TV chef from Houston who started out cooking Creole cuisine know about Italian food? It turns out a lot. In fact, you could say Sarah Grueneberg, executive chef and partner of Monteverde, a new restaurant and pastificio (a fancy name for a pasta or macaroni factory) in Chicago's West Loop, is a m...

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The Greater Rockford Italian American Association inducted three people into the Italian Hall of Fame for 2013 on Oct. 12 at Franchesco's Ristorante, 7128 Spring Creek Road. Inductees include Joseph A. Cavallero (posthumously,) Karen Cantele and John Canova. Lisa Trapani Frost received a special recognition award in the arts category.   Sou...

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We are pleased to inform you that Italidea-Midwest Ltd.'s annual fund raising event will take place on Thursday evening, November 13th, 2014 at 6:00 PM the at the beautiful Transceramica Showroom in Chicago. This year, we are very pleased and excited to be collaborating with L'Osservatorio per la Lingua Italiana of Chicago ("L'Osservatorio"). We wi...

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By Wayne Lawson   A rare thing happened this past August during the Mostly Mozart festival, at Lincoln Center. At the first of two performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, led by Gianandrea Noseda, the music director of Teatro Regio Torino, the audience broke into loud, spontaneous applause after every movement.   The bass soloist...

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by Kyla Gardner   Gino Bartucci is hoping for a Little Italy on Harlem Avenue revival, and there's no one more qualified to start it. The 30-year-old River North resident was born in Dunning — in the apartment above his newest restaurant venture, "BarTucci."   His parents, both born and raised in Italy, built the building at 3426...

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by Pam DeFiglio   A 115-year-old Italian festival took place in Niles for the first time on Labor Day weekend, attracting large and enthusiastic crowds and garnering praise. The Maria Santissima Lauretana festival, which is part Catholic religious celebration and part full-fledged Italian-American festival, featured an old-fashioned tra...

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By Natalie Morris   When Shepardo's Italian Villa closes at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, it will be for the last time at 1066 E. Ash St. after just shy of three decades at the address. The restaurant reopens Friday at 620 S. First St. in the former Baur's Steakhouse site in Vinegar Hill Mall.   "I know we've got some big shoes to fill," co-owner Joe Bador...

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