Veraci Pizza Coming to Wedgwood in 2016, With Expanded Menu
by Julia Wayne Wedgwood is getting a brand new haven for Italian food, with Veraci Pizza coming soon to the former Zaw space (7320 35th Ave NE). The build out will start in November, with a projected opening date of February 2016. As Veraci made its initial impact at the farmers markets, owner Marshall Jett says the team will be l...
Walter Ferrante: Bringing Bari Street Food to Portland
Passeggiata and street food; all over Italy, the two words go hand in hand. The same is true every evening in Bari Vecchia, the old city of Bari, when the streets come alive with friends and family, and the air is rich with the aromas of fried sgagliozze and popizze, soft focaccia, fresh handmade sausage, sweet cream-filled cornetti, and delicious...
Get Cozy with Italian Comfort Food at Cucina Americana
When Jeffrey, "Cheffrey" Wilson, owner of Capitol Hill's Americana, was searching for a second location, he wasn't expecting to fall for an Italian restaurant in Seattle's Maple Leaf neighborhood. But once he visited 9400 Roosevelt Way, Wilson was inspired to give his classic American comfort food menu an Italian twist, and called his new restauran...
Marana gets new Italian restaurant
Dominick's Real Italian restaurant opened last Friday in a storefront space that once housed Lococo's Pizzeria. Dominick's, 8330 N. Thornydale Road, was expected to open in June. The 36-seat restaurant, owned by longtime Tucson restaurant manager Lindsey Fisher, is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Read more Source: ...
10 Best Italian Restaurants in Metro Phoenix
When catering to the taste buds of the masses no genre of food is a bigger culinary crowd-pleaser than Italian -- thinly pounded meats, hand-rolled pasta, rich and zesty sauces paired with red and white Tuscan wines, and oh, did we mention all the cheese? Sorry, Phoenix, better check your no-carb New Year's resolutions at the door, because we're a...
Consular Visit to Phoenix, Arizona
The Consulate General of Italy, in order to facilitate the access to the services rendered by the passport department to our citizens living in areas far away from Los Angeles, also this year is organizing - in collaboration with our local Honorary Consulate - a meeting in Phoenix to take the fingerprints of those who wish to apply for a new passpo...
Manito Church, nominated for historic register, patterned after famous Italian basilica
By Mike Prager The Manito United Methodist Church on South Grand Boulevard looks a little bit like the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, and the resemblance is intentional. Designed by renowned Spokane architect Kirtland Cutter as a replica of the Basilica in Assisi, the Manito church is being being recognized through a nomination...
Onetime Italian grocery store to get a new touch of Italian
When the owners of a pizza joint set to open in downtown Tacoma learned the 124-year-old building used to be an Italian grocery, they knew their restaurant had to somehow pay homage to those roots. Elemental Pizza plans to open by the end of the year in the triangular wedge building at South 17th Street and Pacific Avenue, which it will le...
Pizzelle in Portland: Tired & Pour Coffee Co. Opens Doors with Signature Old-World Cookie
by Tonia Russo Hamilton Every Christmas, Tiffany Lillebo's Nonna Angelina made pizzelle using a pizzelle iron that had been passed down through the family for generations. "They were always such a treat," says Tiffany. "We enjoyed them during the holidays with Nonna but we also love to eat them year-round." When her nonna passed away...
Roberto Dadone and Luca Dagliano of Forno 301 in Downtown Phoenix: "This Is a Business About Friendship, About Family”
by Robert Isenberg There are plenty of places for wood-fired pizza in the Valley, but the newly opened Forno 301 in downtown Phoenix is distinct. Owners Roberto Dadone and Luca Dagliano grew up in Sanremo, a Mediterranean city in northwestern Italy, where they trained in traditional cuisine. Lively, passionate, and good-humored, t...
Role of Wine in Pre-Historic Italy Revealed
Bice Peruzzi, a doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati presented her findings at the 2016 Archaeological Institute of America/Society for Classics Studies Annual Meeting in San Francisco recently. Bice was studying the burial practices of people who were thought to have inhabited the Central Apulian region, south of Italian peninsula, bet...
Olive Oil: The Allure of Italy’s Most Exotic & Controversial Fruit
by Tonya Russo Hamilton Michel Ponzi, co-owner of Ponzi Vineyards, one of Oregon's pioneering wineries, has spent his entire life building a hobby business into an international company. Born in Los Gatos, California, Michel moved to Oregon as a young boy, at the age of six when his parents left their busy life in San Francisco, seeking a...