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Since Il Pizzaiolo opened a second location in Downtown’s Market Square in 2013, it has drawn throngs of diners looking for the same high-quality Italian ingredients and dishes that has made its flagship location in Mt. Lebanon so popular. But you’ll no longer find the restaurant’s founder and chef, Ron Molinaro, at the Downtown spot.   Inst...

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by Tom Fontaine   Pittsburgh's 30th annual Columbus Day Parade drew an estimated 10,000 spectators and participants Saturday — a record total since the event moved to the city's Bloomfield neighborhood about 13 years ago.   The parade stretches more than a mile through the city's Little Italy and celebrates Italian heritage and cultur...

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by Marylynne Pitz  Pittsburgh's nightly light show of glowing red blast furnaces and smoky white clouds fired the creativity of many artists, including Raymond Simboli. The Italian immigrant painted "Steel Mill" in 1950, long after his father and many others had captured the city's industrial landscape on canvas. But this image has its o...

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In this month's Personality Profile, Ciao Pittsburgh chatted with Pittsburgh native Corrado Riccelli. Born and raised in the small town of Sharpsburg, PA, Corrado grew up during a time when that town was primarily populated by Italian immigrants and first generation Italian-Americans. Growing up, Corrado was surrounded by many Italian-Americans—'co...

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USA. North American concessions developer Airmall USA is to open Italian fine foods store Bottega dei Sapori at Pittsburgh International Airport's Centre Core this Summer. Airmall forged a seven-year agreement with Italian travel retail operator Airest Collezioni in March to develop concessions in the Airside Terminal. The new stores are part of a...

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Wednesday Nov. 4th at 7pm you're cordially invited to the screening of "Capodarco e i Giovani: Prima del Futuro" (Capodarco and the Youth: Before the Future), the new documentary by Luca Guardabascio.At Christmastime in 1966, a small group of thirteen people with disabilities and a young priest, Don Franco Monterubbianesi, decided to star...

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By Nicky D Cooks Every March 19th, we celebrate the feast day of St. Joseph. To mark this occasion we wear red clothing and eat Italian food. St. Joseph is regarded by many Italian Americans as the Patron saint of Italy, especially those from the southern portion of the country. It is believed that St. Joseph prevented a famine from occurring in...

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By Kayleen Cubbal  When Oreste Piroli left his Naples, Italy, home in 1910, his mother, Maria, made a prediction. "I know I'll never see you again," Maria told her 16-year-old son. She was right. Oreste left to follow his father, Felice, an Italian farmer, to the land of opportunity, putting down stakes in Beaver County, where he we...

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By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth   Barrels of ink have been spilled on the gentrification of Lawrenceville, but the neighborhood's identity as a haven for the young, the alternative, and the artisanal seems as strong as ever.   This made the opening of Senti Restaurant and Wine Bar, an unabashedly upscale Italian restaurant in the...

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March 26 - April 18, 2015, University of Pittsburgh The Italian American Program is proud to be the Opening/Closing Night Sponsor of this year's Italian Film Festival USA in Pittsburgh. Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh's French and Italian Department, the 2015 festival brings you the best line up of recent Italian cinema with films from...

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