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Although I have lived most of my life in Midland, I’ve found quite a surprising number of restaurants that I have not dined at, at least not in my memory. One of them is Mancino’s Pizza and Grinders. The one thing that piqued my interest about Mancino’s is its selection of grinders. I’d heard of subs and sandwiches and hoagies before, but not grind...

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Sweet Shop Cafe Italiano is a new business in an old spot. Attorneys Joe Paolucci and Thomas Hitchcock opened it in downtown Buchanan, slowly increasing their offerings since then. Paolucci said they should be able to open fully in February. The store harkens back to the Sweet Shop, which has occupied the historic building for decades and to the It...

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“Never like in a Pandemic is it relevant to talk about a virus. And today we will also talk about one, a more subtle one, because there is nothing as scary and repugnant as the virus that is hate, that is racism and that is antisemitism.” These were the opening words of Consul of Italy in Detroit, Allegra Baistrocchi at the event in commemoration o...

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Fred’s Italian Restaurant in Plainfield Township offers pizza, pasta, salads, subs, burgers and more in a relaxed, family-friendly environment. The restaurant, 3619 Plainfield Ave. NE, was opened in 1963 by Fred Pizzo, who was born in 1933 in Sicily, Italy. It’s now owned by his son, Sam, who says the restaurant prides itself on providing quality,...

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“This is what we call Sunday dinner, every Sunday, you started the sauce on Saturday,” said Eric Nittolo, the owner of Nittolo’s Pizza in Lake Leelanau. Now he is bringing these dishes to you, seven days a week. “My culture, where I come from, you’re born into this, this is not taught, this is intertwined in my DNA, yeah I am an Italian, I make sau...

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Gucci, the Italian-based brand that stands for high-end fashion, is opening a downtown Detroit boutique. A spokesperson for the company, owned by fashion conglomerate Kering Group, tells Crain's Detroit Business the shop will open this summer, but would not give the location. A site plan review shows that it'll be in the Dan Gilbert-owned former L....

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Many have heard of or even eaten from a food truck, but few have had the opportunity to grab fresh authentic Italian food from a school bus. “We wanted to be unique and different,” Zachery Bastianelli, co-owner of the new Bastianelli’s Italian Mercato food bus, told MLive-The Flint Journal. Bastianelli co-owns and operates the bus, which had a gran...

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Buzzelli Foods is new to the Traverse City foodie scene. “I think the first week I came in every day because I was trying something new,” said John Fiorelli, who lives in Traverse City. But owner Kathy Gibbons and making mozzarella go way back to 2007. “I learned to make it from an Italian deli on Arthur Avenue in New York, it’s like the real Littl...

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Sunday January 30, 2022. 3:30 to 5:00 PM CST. Maple Theater, 4135 W Maple Rd, Bloomfield Twp, MI. In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day (observed on January 27) the Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan commemorates those Italians who suffered persecution as a result of the Racial Laws imposed by the Fascist government and under the Nazi occupation d...

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Women artists played a vibrant and often untold role in Italy around 1600. How did they work and succeed in a male-dominated art world? The Detroit Institute of Arts will explore this question and celebrate Italian women artists with a show devoted to their artistic accomplishments. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c. 1656), arguably one of most famous...

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