Restaurant Find: Burro e Salvia London

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In the heart of Shoreditch lies Burro e Salvia, the closest possible fresh, authentic Italian pasta eating experience you will have without actually travelling to Italy. Part Italian-inspired pastificio and part dine-in café, Burro e Salvia (Italian for ”˜butter and sage’) offers visitors a cultural experience in fresh pasta making. Opened in the spring of 2013, […]

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Food Find: Regina’s Grocery NYC

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Regina’s Grocery NYC is your new LES neighborhood Italian joint where classic Italian sandwiches are refined, and family business is redefined. The lovely Regina lends not only her name, but also her Italian cooking expertise to this vibrant new sandwich shop/Italian grocery. Running the business and design end of this partnership is Regina’s son, Roman Grandinetti, who brings an unexpected twist to the fledgling sandwich […]

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Italian Restaurant Find: Bestia LA

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Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis aren’t just people with exotic, cool sounding names; they’re also the powerhouses behind LA’s Bestia, a progressive, multi-regional rustic Italian restaurant housed in a converted warehouse in Downtown LA’s far eastern edge. Their ”˜from scratch’ approach has resulted in the most authentic ”˜clean-up rustic’ (coined by Menashe himself) Italian food […]

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Restaurant Find: The Leopard NYC

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With a few renowned restaurants under their belt, the owners of Midtown West institution Il Gattopardo opened The Leopard at des Artistes in 2011. Like its more established counterpart, The Leopard can only be described as traditional, done right. Situated in an impressive neo-Gothic building in Central Park-adjacent Upper West Side, the restaurant took over the […]

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Food Find: Mercato Metropolitano Milan

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While opinions about Expo keep dividing the Milanese, one place born out of this occasion has them absolutely head over heels. Mercato Metropolitano is everything this city needed in summer: an outdoor space to chill out after a long day with quality food and drinks, a farmers market full of sustainable food products (Made in […]

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Restaurant Find: Piccola Cucina Milan

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Piccola Cucina Milan is a charming restaurant that is exactly as its name suggests. A tiny culinary gem accommodating only a handful of in the know Milanese who come with a robust appetite for traditional Italian cuisine cooked with a charismatic, contemporary twist and a good dose of finesse. Inside the sepia-toned restaurant, the romantic […]

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Restaurant Find: Carlo e Camilla in Segheria Milan

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Housed beneath the cathedral-like ceilings of a 1930s sawmill is Carlo e Camilla in Segheria, Milan’s most glamorous dining destination. The restaurant/bar’s dramatic interiors have been left raw and mostly untouched giving it a decidedly industrial flavor. But part-owner/art director Tanja Solci’s contemporary Italian style breathes sophistication and restraint into the space through imposing vintage […]

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Restaurant Find: ACME Sydney

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If you’re after a hearty bowl of bolognese or a piece of Nonna’s homemade tiramisu – then this is not the place for you. ACME Sydney offers a completely new take on Italian. Mitch Orr, the “M” in ACME hailing from Sepia, Duke Bistro, Buzo and 121 BC even jokes that ACME is “#notanitalianrestaurant – we […]

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Boutique Hotel & Restaurant Find: Locanda Rosa Rosae Veneto

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(This article by Jenny Nguyen-Barron about Locanda Rosa Rosae first on ForbesLife. Click here to read the original) It’s a rare thing to discover a magical place like Locanda Rosa Rosae ”“ even for this travel writer whose job it is to uncover hidden gems around the world. But walking into this boutique guesthouse situated […]

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Restaurant Find: Erba Brusca Milan

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In a tranquil, canal-side setting just on the edge of Milan’s bustling city centre is Erba Brusca a restaurant offering farm to table food, done in the Italian style (namely: better ingredients). The chef at Erba Brusca crafts the menu based on seasonal herbs and vegetables grown on site in the restaurant’s garden (where diners […]

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