I got gout in my 30s, so I put myself — and my restaurant — on a diet
Read almost any article on healthy eating and it will tell you: If you want to clean up your diet, cook at home and don’t eat out. Wily restaurant chefs are using unhealthy tricks that you can’t even...
View ArticleNext Italian restaurant adds flavor to Long Island City
Fast-rising Long Island City is getting a next generation Italian joint. Oro, a new construction restaurant at 41-17 Crescent St., is slated to open later this month from Vlado Celic and his son Mike...
View ArticleItalian-Americans live longer thanks to this diet
It’s 3 p.m. on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx, and Filomena Magavero settles in for a late lunch inside the venerable Mario’s, a favorite Italian restaurant on this strip of Old World butcher shops, fish...
View ArticleItalian restaurant accused of favoring Italian employees
Non-Italians need not apply. Three former employees of Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucina in Chelsea Market say the restaurant’s Italian management was biased in favor of its own countrymen. Native...
View ArticleSerafina is finally coming to the Lower East Side
Serafina is finally moving forward with a plan to open on the Lower East Side, Side Dish has learned. The upscale pizza and pasta joint is slated to open this fall at the corner of Ludlow and...
View Article2 Duck Goose owner to launch new restaurant at same site
Kay Ch’ien, the lawyer-turned-restaurateur behind shuttered 2 Duck Goose, is re-launching her new Hong Kong-inspired restaurant in the same space on Wednesday. Hey Hey Canteen, at 400 4th Ave. in Park...
View ArticleNew Italian restaurant opening in East Hampton this fall
East Hampton diners will soon have a new place to go after the beach. Sag Harbor’s Dopo La Spiaggia, which means “after the beach” in Italian, will open a larger East Hampton outpost this October, Side...
View ArticleOlive Garden sells 21,000 pasta passes in less than one second
Talk about macaroni madness! Olive Garden sold all 21,000 of its “Never Ending Pasta Passes” in less than a second yesterday for $100 a pop, a spokesperson confirmed to The Post. That’s more than...
View ArticleThis chicken parm is the best thing you’ll eat all year
It might be the zaniest challenge ever taken on by a world-renowned chef. Culinary wizard Daniel Humm, of the three-Michelin-star Eleven Madison Park and the NoMad, is tackling an Italian-American menu...
View ArticleItalian eatery serving up fried dough opens on McDougal St.
Fried dough is a favorite of many cultures, from America’s sweet donut to the versatile churro that dominates simple fast food options from Spain and Portugal to the South of France. The Italian...
View ArticleLegendary eatery Da Silvano ‘closed forever’
Celebrity hangout and Italian-cuisine pioneer Da Silvano, a favorite of boldfaces and sophisticated eaters alike, has closed after 41 years in Greenwich Village. Owner Silvano Marchetto confirmed to...
View ArticleWhy stars — and tourists — flocked to legendary Da Silvano
Da Silvano, the legendary Italian trattoria and boldface hangout in Greenwich Village, went defunto on Wednesday after 41 inspiring, tumultuous and often scandalous years. Long live Da Silvano! Or,...
View ArticleExperience the Feast of Seven Fishes in NYC
Even if you don’t have a nonna in Bensonhurst, you can still enjoy the Feast of Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. Restaurants around town are serving up their takes on the traditional Italian-American...
View ArticleNew York’s fish king has the city’s best vegan dish
Move over, vapid and flavorless vegan dishes — of which there are plenty littered throughout the city — Eric Ripert has got you beat. The Le Bernardin genius has just started serving a meatless,...
View ArticleBella Luna reopens half a block away from its old digs
We hear that Bella Luna recently reopened half a block away from its original Upper West Side location, which opened in 1988 from restaurateur Turgut Balikci. The new, light-filled space at 574...
View ArticleThe incognito way this restaurant labels its customers
Some of the swankiest city restaurants are taking notes on their well-heeled clientele, assigning them labels like “BLR,” short for baller, and “SOE,” for “sense of entitlement.” In her new book, “Cork...
View ArticleItalian restaurant pioneer to take over famed SoHo bar space
Pino Luongo, a pioneer in popularizing Tuscan cuisine in America, is branching out to Soho. Luongo, who runs the successful Morso on East 59th Street, has signed a lease to launch an eatery in the...
View ArticleLittle Italy’s newest pizza was once blessed by the Pope
In Italy, celebrity chef Gino Sorbillo’s pizza has been blessed by the pope and gobbled up by Mayor de Blasio. In fact, after Sorbillo refused to pay the mob’s so-called “pizzo” tax, one of his...
View ArticleRooftop fire engulfs Italian restaurant in Queens
Flames ripped through an Italian restaurant in Queens Wednesday evening after starting on the building’s roof, according to the FDNY. Photos show flames engulfing the structure that houses Biu Bella on...
View ArticleOnly in NYC would you find this pompous pasta place
The Sosta is on a “mission” to bring the “simplicity, style and quality” of a real Italian meal to New York City. So why were my beef-and-pork meatballs so sinewy that my Sicilian grandmother would...
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