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An elegant Italian restaurant called Gratzi is opening soon in Midland and there's a way to enjoy a meal there for free. Gratzi, which touts a "modern, fresh approach" to Italian cuisine, is opening to the public Thursday, April 12, inside The H Residence development in downtown Midland at Ashman and Main streets, according to Mainstreet Ventures I...

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Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria announced its latest restaurant will be on the grounds of the San Marino Club, in the building that once housed Tre Monti. Cantoro's owners, John and Michael Fallone, also run the flagship Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria in Plymouth and a second market in Livonia. The new Troy restaurant will occupy 10,000...

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A popular restaurant in downtown Brighton (MI) is reinventing itself with a new menu, name and look. Owners of the restaurant at 510 W. Main Street, which had been called Buon Gusto Italian, closed it for remodeling Feb. 18. When it reopens 11 a.m. Thursday it will have a slightly different name, Buon Gusto Bistro, and the decor throughout the rest...

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Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria in Plymouth Township today announced it will open a new trattoria at 1695 E. Big Beaver Road in Troy, behind the San Marino Club in the space formerly occupied by Tre Monti. The announcement was made by Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria owners and brothers John and Michael Fallone. The Troy location, Cantoro...

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Gratzi, which touts a "modern, fresh approach" to Italian cuisine, is opening soon in Midland. The restaurant will open to the public at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, inside The H Residence development in downtown Midland at Ashman and Main streets, according to a Mainstreet Ventures Inc. news release. Mainstreet Ventures is the restaurant management...

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Yesterday, the Director of the prestigious Detroit Institute of Arts, Dr. Salvador Salort-Pons, was awarded the honorific title of Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy for his contribution to the friendship with Italy and his precious collaboration with the Consulate of Italy in Detroit in the promotion of Italian culture and art. Ieri il Dire...

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The Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan and the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, under the auspices of the Consulate of Italy in Detroit, with the support of the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, presented Musica Degenerata.  The event took place on January 28 at Temple Beth El.  Every year the Dante Alighieri Society (DAS) of Michigan o...

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Dominic S. Moceri, the family patriarch and founding partner of Moceri Cos. in Auburn Hills, died Wednesday at his Florida home. He was 86, and, as a builder, left a legacy of tens of thousands of homes since the 1950s across southeastern Michigan. "Some people build houses, we hope to build homes," said one of Moceri's six sons, Dominic J. Moceri....

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Motorcycles are cool. But the Ducati brand is, objectively speaking, the coolest. Jim Harp, an electrician from Smiths Creek, recently put down a $500 deposit on his second Italian motorcycle in Birmingham.  “How do I compare my old one to the new one? It’s like a flip phone versus the iPhone X,” he said. “Ducati just has a mystique.” Known for its...

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Chef Jenna Arcidiacono is something of a culinary maestra. Her restaurant Amore Trattoria Italiana has been a West Michigan favorite for nearly nine years (and was recently named one of Grand Rapids Magazine’s top 10 restaurants in Grand Rapids in 2017). The only thing she’s known for more than her bright pink hair and electric personality is her f...

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