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Yes, if you think we have more than enough Italian restaurants in Baristaville, you would be right. If you think we have a lot of great Italian restaurants to brag about in our area, you would also be right! So when a new Italian restaurant opens, you’ve got to wonder – what will make this one stand out among the others? Enter Popolari. Let’s start...

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Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, a Long Island-based specialty grocer, will open its long-awaited first store at the Jersey Shore on April 21. It's located at 990 Shrewsbury Ave., a large 56,000-square-foot store in Tinton Falls Plaza that was formerly an Acme market. Doors open at 7 a.m. with a ribbon cutting at 10:30 a.m. With other New Jersey locat...

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What happens when two guys from a neighborhood in Philadelphia open an Italian Deli? You get  "Abburzzi's and Giunta's" on Route 38 in Mt. Laurel. Ryan Bussell, who's one of my producers, and I set out to see just how good they are. They are incredible! They started us out with their famous homemade, hand-rolled stromboli, which owner Joe Abbruzzi...

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Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace is all set to open its first location in Monmouth County next month, on Shrewsbury Avenue in Tinton Falls. “We are very excited about coming to Tinton Falls and Shrewsbury,” said Philip DelPrete, president and chairman of Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace. This will be the company’s third New Jersey location; it has stores i...

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Numerous scholarship opportunities for high school seniors have been announced by the Kearny Chapter of UNICO. The chapter offers $500 scholarships to seniors at any public, private or parochial high school who is a U.S. citizen, of Italian ancestry and who has resided in Kearny for at least three years. Candidates must have a grade point average o...

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It's a big gay weekend in Atlantic City on Saturday the 15th at 8PM in Ovation Hall at the Ocean Resort and Casino when "My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis," the third chapter in the "Big Gay" Franchise, marks its official debut at the property. The show made its original debut in December of 2015 at the Snapple Theater Center on 50th Street and Bro...

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The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society (OLMCS) hosted a spaghetti fundraiser dinner at the Hammonton Independent Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 on March 19. The dinner was to raise funds for the Capella family, who lost their home in a fire in late January. Members of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society, Sons of Italy and Independent Volunteer Fire Co...

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If you're thinking, "Does really need another Italian restaurant," from what we hear about this one, the answer is "absolutely". It opens on Wednesday, April 5 on Glenridge Ave in Montclair in the spot that was the location of Salute Brick Oven Bistro until last year. Introducing Luigino's Parmigiano, the creation of Chef Luigi Tripodi, a veteran o...

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You never have much time to rest in the bakery business. And the Settepani family of Bruno's Bakery is twice as busy these days, taking on the twin tasks of preparing lots of holiday delicacies while planning for the opening of a gelateria later in April. The exact date for the gelato shop isn't firmed up yet. There are furnishings to be ordered an...

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West Orange High School students in Sra. Rosanna Zamloot’s Honors Italian class were able to “parla de cibo”--talk about food–with their friends in Florence on March 28, thanks to Google Meet. Students from Liceo Giotto Ulivi, located in Borgo San Lorenzo, a town just outside of Florence, finished their regular school day and returned to share info...

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