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Will Florio’s pride for his Italian heritage served as a vanguard for Italian Americans who brought their generational culture and talents to Valley Stream and etched them deeply into the village’s public life. Florio died on May 3. He was 72. Born in 1951 to two first-generation Italian immigrants, living in Dyker Heights, Florio would not stay in...

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Longtime New York produce wholesaler and importer Sal Vacca, who died March 22, 2023, at the age of 93, appears to be one of those rare people who was universally respected and loved. “Sal was the nicest man I have ever met in my whole life… a true gentlemen,” said Thomas J. Tramutola of A&J Produce Corp., a wholesale operation located on the same...

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Chef Vincent Dardanello of Amunì in Bay Ridge grew up in the predominantly Italian American community of West Caldwell, New Jersey. His extended family of Sicilian descent was so large that they practically constituted an enclave unto themselves. On any given Sunday, as many as 40 relatives would pass through for Sunday lunch at Dardanello’s grandp...

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Over 250 members of Brooklyn’s esteemed legal community gathered at El Caribe in Mill Basin on Friday, June 9, for the glitzy annual dinner of the Columbian Lawyers Association. The gala was a celebration of the past year’s achievements, a farewell to outgoing president Salvatore Scibetta, and a hearty welcome to the incoming president, Yolanda Gua...

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New York City received another choice for cruisers this week when Carnival's Italian-themed ship, Carnival Venezia, pulled into the Manhattan Cruise Terminal.  The 4,090-passenger ship, christened by comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno Wednesday night, doesn't look or feel like your typical Carnival Cruise Line vessel. Formerly part of t...

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Caffe Italia, a fixture on Central Avenue for 50 years that was founded by an Italian immigrant whose offspring still run the restaurant, is planning to move to a Guilderland shopping plaza late this year, in the process gaining more than twice as much seating and abundant free parking. Maria Romeo, who owns and manages Caffe Italia with her three...

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Thousands of shattered limestone pieces, dating from about 900-750 BCE, came to light in 1974 at the Mont’e Prama site in western Sardinia. They have been reassembled into dozens of colossal statues, which reward close study by archaeologists, historians, conservators, and restorers. The statues and the individual tombs in this monumental necropoli...

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A grand opening on Tuesday 6 June featured an Italian-style gala dinner. In the attractive setting of Slowear Store on Lafayette Street, in the heart of Soho, exceptionally turned into a gourmet restaurant for the occasion, 50 VIPs – top journalists, New York society figures and American influencers – were wined and dined. It was a characteristical...

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The Ulster County Italian American Foundation (UCIAF) has announced the 2023 recipients of its annual educational and community grants. Anna Brett, the educational awards chairperson, and her committee selected the following winners for the annual $1000 award: Riley Adams, Marlboro High School; Emily Bartolone, Rondout Valley High School; Grace Cas...

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Sartiano’s, the highly anticipated restaurant from prominent tastemaker Scott Sartiano’s Bond Hospitality, opens at SoHo’s Mercer Hotel on Thursday. And like at Bond Hospitality’s Zero Bond, the private membership club that’s been frequented by Eric Adams, Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian, the focus is on making a lasting impression in downtown New Yor...

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