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East Nashville Italian Restaurants offer a variety of authentic and delicious Italian cuisine in the vibrant neighborhood. These restaurants showcase a selection of traditional and innovative dishes, using fresh ingredients and impeccable culinary techniques. The charming ambiance and friendly service provide a delightful dining experience for loca...

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Nashville is becoming a popular destination for out-of-state restaurants to launch their first satellite ventures. That's been the case for Charleston-based Husk, long-time Detroit favorite Joe Muer Seafood, Dallas-based Harper's steakhouse and others. The latest to arrive is Brooklyn-based Italian spot Frankies 925 Spuntino, so named for owners Fr...

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Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant will not be closing its doors at the end of the year. “The deal fell through,” Mike Misciagna, co-owner of the restaurant, said. “It happens.” Misciagna announced in August that the restaurant had been sold to the Stir Fry Group, the same company that owns the Stir Fry Restaurant and The Social in downtown Kingsport. G...

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A historical replica has made its way to Chattanooga. La Pinta will be docked at Ross’s Landing until November 19. It was the first ship to discover land during Christopher Columbus’ famous voyage on October 12, 1492. The ship stopped in Chattanooga overnight a couple of weeks ago on her journey to Knoxville. Folks are invited to view the replica s...

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Marking the Italian-American dining destination’s first-ever expansion beyond New York City, Frankies Nashville houses the main restaurant Frankies 925 Spuntino, a garden, a forthcoming specialty foods store, and the Pizzeria.  As the same menu at Frankies in New York, the menu at Frankies 925 Spuntino features seasonally driven dishes including si...

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While chef and restaurateur Anthony Scotto made his mark in New York by operating Fresco by Scotto in Midtown Manhattan for three decades, recently, he turned his sights on Nashville. After visiting the city for the past several years to visit their daughter in college, Scotto and his wife, Theresa, fell for Nashville’s charms and made the move, de...

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The Black Olive has been serving the Tri-Cities for nearly the last two decades. Co-owners Kinsey Holliday and Moe Farrouki started the business as Primo’s in Elizabethton 17 years ago. Just a few years after starting, they expanded to Jonesborough and changed to what is known today as The Black Olive. Bringing authentic Italian food and flavors to...

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The Volunteer State may be landlocked, but that hasn’t stopped organizers of an education tour from bringing a replica of one of Christopher Columbus’ ships to Tennessee in October and November. On Friday, Oct. 13, the Pinta will open as a “floating museum” for dockside educational tours at Fort Loudon Marina, 5200 City Park Drive, Lenoir City, unt...

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Patrick Whalen and Chef Jamie Lynch of The 5th Street Group have introduced a new restaurant to Nashville’s central business district, a sibling to their Church & Union, opened in 2021. On the ground level of downtown’s iconic L&C Tower, Ophelia’s Pizza + Bar takes its design and culinary cues from Italian restaurants of the ’60s—and some philosoph...

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I was a sports columnist in Jacksonville, Florida, when I accepted a similar job at the Knoxville News Sentinel in the summer of 1987. A man who worked in the production department of the Jacksonville paper seemed more excited than I was. We worked in different areas of the paper, so it was hardly surprising we had never spoken before. But when he...

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