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Chef Enrico Crippa working in the kitchen at Piazza Duomo in Alba Italy

Here Are the Two Italian Restaurants That Made the World’s 50 Best 2019 List

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 06/27/2019 - 00:00

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 list is out and Italy features with Piazza Duomo at number 29 and Le Calandre at number 31. Piazza Duomo in Alba and Le…

Food & Drink

A dish from the Gelato D’Essai bistrot in Rome

The First ‘Gelato Restaurant’ is in Rome

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 05/28/2019 - 03:00

If you have a passion for gelato, then you may want to check Gelato D’Essai da Geppy Sferra, a new gelato bistro in Rome, in the outlying Centocelle…

Food & Drink

The restaurant at historic Caffé Pedrocchi in Padua

Dinner (and More) at Historic Pedrocchi Café in Padua

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/20/2019 - 00:55

Caffè Pedrocchi is one of the most famous symbols of Padua, known as the ‘café without doors,’ because it was open without interruption, day and night, from…

Food & Drink

Italy’s Best Restaurants to Check Out in 2019

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/10/2018 - 03:00

The 41st edition of “Ristoranti e Vini d’Italia” (Restaurants and Wines of Italy), the guide published every year by L’Espresso, one of Italy's foremost …

Lifestyle

Starbucks Opens in Milan

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 09/11/2018 - 09:08

The first Starbucks store to open in Italy is “the most beautiful in the world,” according to the American coffee company itself. The location and design are…

Food & Drink

Pizza Fritta: The Other Neapolitan Pizza

by Francine Segan | Sat, 08/11/2018 - 07:53

Italians have lots of charming expressions about how fabulous fried food tastes: Fritti sono buoni anche gli zampi delle sedie,“ Fried, even chair legs…

Food & Drink

Dinner & Cocktails with a View: Discover Rome’s Best Rooftop Bars & Restaurants

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/10/2018 - 10:20

For great views on Rome, head to the city’s rooftops, where fabulous dinners or cocktails await you while watching the sunset or under the stars. Panoramic…

Culture

Five Reasons Why We Adore Mercato Centrale Roma

by Georgette Jupe | Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:07

Rome (according to this survey) is the world's 12th most visited destination, and that certainly comes to no surprise to anyone who has set foot in Italy’…

Food & Drink

And The World’s Best Restaurant Is…

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 06/27/2018 - 00:00

Osteria Francescana in Modena, helmed by chef Massimo Bottura, was crowned the world’s best restaurant for 2018 at ‘The World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ event -…

Culture

Why You Should Check Out This Hip Hood in Rome

by csabino | Thu, 05/24/2018 - 05:06

In many urban settings the most “happening” neighborhoods are often a distance from the traditional heart of a city—think Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York or…