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Out of the corner of my eye I spied one of the city's top chefs walk into the restaurant and grab a seat at the bar. She was joined by a former restaurant-industry magazine editor. Across the dining room, in a dimly lit corner, a Cleveland city council member was enjoying a quiet meal with a friend. All around the room, in fact, small clutches of p...

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Michaelangelo's restaurant in Little Italy turns 12 years old in May, which is as good excuse as any to re-visit this chapel of Northern Italian cuisine with its French, Swiss and Austrian influences. You know the hallmarks: Rich meats, pastas and soups made with polished techniques that retain faithful, rustic flavors. I haven't been in five years...

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A tradition in Wellsville for more than 20 years may be coming to an end after the Sons of Italy announced the cancelation of its Italian Festival this year. On Friday, the group posted on its Facebook page saying it will not hold the event for the first time in 21 years. Sons of Italy Lodge #657 President Joe Traina cites the lack of manpower as t...

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A man who has been entertaining people in the Valley for 75 years celebrated a birthday on Thursday. Frank Gallo turned 90. Friends and fans gathered at The Manor in Austintown for a birthday celebration. Gallo started his entertainment career when he was just 15, playing with the United Mine Workers band in Pennsylvania. He played nightclubs in Yo...

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Romance can be found in unexpected places — such as a strip mall in South Toledo. And romance is exactly what you’ll find at Sebastiano’s Italiano, an intimate Italian restaurant that offers inviting ambience and a menu rich with sophistication and flavor. Sitting across from the Stranahan Theater, next to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in a small pl...

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After much conversation and outcry from the community concerning Warren's Italian American Festival, the vote is in. The festival will remain where it's been for 33 years, in Courthouse Square in Warren. The festival committee had approached the Eastwood Mall and the Cafaro Company about moving the three-day event to the mall's property.  After mee...

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Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Program in Italian and Department of Physical Education and Athletics, in collaboration with the CWRU Film Society and CWRU Spartan Baseball are proud to present a “Celebration of Italian American Baseball” on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Strosacker Auditorium beg...

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Members of the Italian-American Festival committee are considering moving the city’s largest festival out of the downtown to the Eastwood Mall in Niles. A letter to committee members from Carol Ficeti, committee chairwoman, states the Cafaro Co., which operates the shopping complex, is interested in the mall hosting the festival. “Representatives f...

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John C. Guerriero, founder of Continental Foods and a leader in the Little Italy neighborhood, died of pneumonia Monday at Mercy Medical Center. He was 86. Born in Kincaid, Ill., he was the son of Pete Guerriero and his wife, Mary, who left Sicily for the United States in the 1920s. His father had a Chester Street grocery store that faced the North...

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If you hold the stereotype that a very good restaurant cannot be located in a staid office park, Luca West will change your mind. Luca and Lola Sema opened the western outpost of Cleveland's Luca Italian Cuisine late last year on busy Detroit Road in Westlake. Sequels in movies and restaurants are not sure bets, but the suburban location is humming...

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