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The Best Italian Restaurants for Miami Spice 2021

Robert C. Williams 1 week ago

Italian food’s appeal is universal: Simple, relatable ingredients are used to make a soulful and comforting dish of food that most people adore. This year, Miami Spice has nearly 200 restaurants on its roster, and it’s no surprise that a large portion of them feature some of the best of Italy’s gastronomy.

The five restaurants below (listed in alphabetical order) are the ones serving the best Italian Spice menus. Enjoy while you can: The program runs through September 30, offering a three-course, prix-fixe lunch or brunch for $28 and dinner for $42 (not including gratuities, taxes, and beverages).

click to enlarge Rigatoni at Fiola - PHOTO COURTESY OF FIOLA

Rigatoni at Fiola

Photo courtesy of Fiola

Fiola

1500 San Ignacio Ave., Coral Gables
305-912-2639
fiolamiami.com

Miami Spice is a great time to get a taste of master chef Fabio Trabocchi’s cooking at his Coral Gables restaurant. This outpost of

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The Best Italian Restaurant in Every State

Robert C. Williams 2 weeks ago

According to a 2019 YouGov survey, Italian cuisine comes in at No. 1 among “America’s favorite foods from around the world.” Other surveys, admittedly, put Italian in second or third place, after Mexican and/or Chinese, but nobody can disagree that pasta and pizza and such form a major part of our diet. The average American eats approximately 20 pounds of pasta a year, in fact, and 23 pounds of pizza. 

It would be hard to find any city or town in the country that doesn’t have at least one Italian restaurant and/or pizzeria. National Geographic reported earlier this year that about 100,000 of America’s 800,000 or so restaurants served Italian food of one kind or another. According to other sources, an estimated three-quarters of this number specialize in pizza. And these are the 25 best pizza places in America.

To determine the best Italian restaurant in every

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This is the best Italian joint in your state

Robert C. Williams 1 month ago

Has your favorite made the list?


There’s no shortage of great Italian restaurants in the USA and many have been in the same family for generations. To help you seek out the best Italian dishes in the country, we’ve picked our favorite spot from every state – buon appetito. Be sure to check each restaurant’s website for changes due to COVID-19 before you head there.




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Alabama: Gianmarco’s Restaurant, Birmingham

For unpretentious northern Italian comfort food, head to family-run Gianmarco’s in quaint Edgewood, which was established in 2003. The menu includes indulgent dishes such as mushroom ravioli with black truffle and spinach; risotto with clams, mussels, shrimp and calamari; and the less traditional but still irresistible wagyu steak with mac and cheese. What’s more, customer service

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Antica Italian Restaurant + Bar bringing casual fine dining to Avon: Short Takes on Avon, Avon Lake and North Ridgeville

Robert C. Williams 3 months ago

Avon, Ohio

Avon will soon be home to a new Italian restaurant concept created by the owner of the well-known Heck’s restaurant (Cleveland’s Ohio City and Avon locations).

Antica Avon

Antica Italian Restaurant + Bar will open soon (tentative date is July 12) in the space formerly occupied by Cafe Piccolo, 35568 Detroit Road.

Antica Italian Restaurant + Bar will open soon (tentative date is July 12) in the space formerly occupied by Cafe Piccolo, 35568 Detroit Road. A restaurant called Flair 22 was originally planning to open in the space, but the owners eventually decided not to open amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fadi Daoud, Antica owner and Avon resident, noted once the space became available it was ideal as it’s in a ‘great area.’

“Avon is booming,” he said in an email. “We want to see the dining scene in Avon grow. The development/shopping center we’re in is the only one

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