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Focus sulle imprese italiane e sostegno alla ripartenza di scambi e investimenti Italia-Usa al centro dell’incontro virtuale che l’ambasciatrice italiana a Washington, Mariangela Zappia, ha avuto a pochi giorni dal suo insediamento con i manager delle principali aziende italiane negli Usa. “La ripresa economica in Italia e Stati Uniti; le responsab...

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About three weeks after announcing he would not be running for Congress in 2022, Anthony Brindisi, announced today that he will run for State Supreme Court Judge in the 5th Judicial District in November. Brindisi made the announcement with his family by his side outside the Oneida County Courthouse. Brindisi says he’s given it a lot of thought over...

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When you walk into Caruso’s Grocery, it feels like you’ve been there before – and that’s the point. The standalone restaurant at The Roost food hall on Capitol Hill is modeled after classic red sauce Italian joints, replete with red banquettes, black-and-white pictures of Italian icons hanging on the walls, and Sinatra pumping on the sound system....

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Let us take you on a musical journey through 17th-century Rome, the rowdy and glorious city where Caravaggio and Stradella lived. From the marvelous setting of the theatre at the National Roman Museum - Palazzo Altemps (Rome), the baroque “power” trio I Bassifondi will amuse us with pieces by Kapsberger, Pasquini and Frescobaldi, together with ligh...

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Mirabelle, a French-influenced fixture for prix fixe meals near the White House since 2017, will not reemerge from a pandemic-induced closure. Instead, owner Hakan Ilhan is flipping the glitzy space at 900 16th Street NW into an Italian restaurant with a more approachable price point. Il Piatto, which means “the dish” in Italian, is expected to ope...

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There’s a new pizzeria coming to Eastern Market —and it’s coming all the way from Italy. In mid-June, Italian restaurateur Fabrizio Costantini and his family will move from Rome to Capitol Hill to open a Romano-style pizza restaurant. La Casina will be located at 225 Seventh St. SE, the former site of 7th Hill Pizza. “We are very excited for this a...

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Washington, DC, resident Richard Micheli comes by his culinary passion naturally. Not only have three earlier generations of Micheli chefs inspired his talents, he is also a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Now he has taken command of this renowned local Italian restaurant, The Portofino Restaurant, also in Arlington. His work m...

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Carmine’s reopens its D.C. restaurant Wednesday, 15 months after closing at the onset of the pandemic. The Penn Quarter outpost of New York City’s Carmine’s, known for its family-style platters piled high with Southern Italian meatballs, pasta, and other dishes, closed completely in March 2020. The 20,000-square-foot restaurant, at 425 7th Street N...

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Cafe Milano and Fiola Mare will soon have some big competition as Georgetown Italian hotspots. Stephen Starr, the Philadelphia restaurateur behind Le Diplomate and St. Anselm, is planning to open his own Italian restaurant and market in the former Dean & DeLuca space on M Street, Northwest. “You need to all be sworn to secrecy because I’m going to...

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In 1818, Giovanni Grassi, S.J., published the first of three Italian-language editions of a pamphlet of his observations of the United States. Georgetown’s Second Founder presents the first English translation of his insights based on his seven years of residence in Washington. This college administrator shared with Italian readers his observations...

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