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List Of Italian Restaurants
This is a list of notable Italian restaurants, which specialize in the preparation and purveyance of Italian cuisine: * Amato's * Bella Italia * Beppi's Restaurant * Buca di Beppo * Carrabba's Italian Grill * Cibo Espresso * Drago restaurants * East Side Mario's * Fazoli's * Frankie & Benny's * Italian Tomato * Kissa Tanto * Locanda Locatelli * Manganaro's * Marea * Modern Apizza * Mosconi * Murano * Numero 28 * The Old Spaghetti Factory * Olive Garden * Osteria del Mondo * Pasta Pomodoro * Pastamania * Patsy's * Piada Italian Street Food * La Porchetta * Prezzo * Probka Restaurant Group * Rao's * The River Café (London) * Romano's Macaroni Grill * Saizeriya * Salumeria Rosi Parmacotto * San Lorenzo * Spaghetti Warehouse * Spizzico * The Station * Tony Macaroni * Totti's * Umberto's Clam House * Union Street Café, London * Vapiano * Veeno * Veniero's * Zarra's * Zizzi – a chain of Italian restaurants found across the United Kingdom which is ...
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Bella Italia, Briggate, Leeds (24th June 2010)
Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella. ''Bella'' is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, to the name Belle, meaning ''beautiful'' in French. It increased in usage following the publication of the ''Twilight'' books by Stephenie Meyer. It is also known for being a nickname to Isabella, Annabella or Arabella. Given name People * Bella A. Burnasheva (born 1944), Soviet/Russian astronomer * Bella Abzug (1920–1998), American politician and prominent figure in the women’s movement * Bella Agossou (born 1981), Beninese actress * Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), Soviet/Russian poet, writer, and translator * Bella Alarie (born 1998), American basketball player * Bella Alten (1877–1962), Polish operatic soprano * Bella Alubo (born 1993), Nigerian musician, singer, and songwriter * Bella Andre, American author * Bella Angara (born 1939), Filipina politician and former governor of Aurora province ...
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Modern Apizza
Modern Apizza is an American pizza restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut. Along with Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and Sally's Apizza, Modern forms what is informally referred to by locals as the "Holy Trinity" of New Haven-style pizza; the three pizza parlors are consistently ranked by food critics as some of the best pizza places in the world. History Originally called State Street Apizza,Ed Levine (2005). ''Pizza: A Slice of Heaven''. Universe Publishing Modern Apizza was founded in 1934 and has been in the same location ever since. Unlike Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and Sally's Apizza, the other well-known New Haven pizzerias, Modern Apizza is not located on New Haven's famous Wooster Street but rather on nearby State Street in the East Rock neighborhood. In 2011, the restaurant was visited by Adam Richman on the first episode of the Travel Channel show ''Man v. Food Nation''. Specialties Like the Wooster Street pizzerias, Modern serves New Haven-style thin-crust ...
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Probka Restaurant Group
Probka Restaurant Group (Russian Cyrillic: ресторанная группа Пробка) is a restaurant group that was founded by Aram Mnatsakanov in 2001 with the establishment of the wine bar, Probka (English translation: wine bottle cork), and the Italian restaurant, Il Grappolo, in St. Petersburg. It now consists of nine Italian restaurants and one Russian restaurant which are spread all over St. Petersburg. It consists of Ryba Na Dache, Probka, Mozzarella Bar, Gusto and Il Grappolo restaurants among others. The Probka restaurant network consists of a strict Italian cuisine. Although this is the case, the group is experimenting with Asian cuisine as well. To date there are three restaurants with the name "Mozzarella Bar," the last one having been opened in February 2010. These restaurants are among the most successful and popular in St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=San ...
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Prezzo (restaurant)
Prezzo ("price" in Italian language, Italian) is a restaurant chain serving mostly Italian cuisine, Italian cuisine in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first restaurant opened on New Oxford Street, London in November 2000. there were more than 180 branches across the country, following many closures in 2018. It is part of Prezzo Holdings. The chain is currently owned by Cain International. History The first Prezzo restaurant was opened in central London by Jonathan Kaye, the company's chief executive, in 2000. there were more than 180 branches in the UK. Prezzo opened its first restaurant in Ireland in February 2016. Prezzo commonly converts old buildings of architectural value from their old purposes into Prezzo restaurants; examples include an old cinema in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The first owner of the Prezzo business was Jonathan Kaye In 2008 Jonathan hired cousins Adam Kaye and Samuel Kaye (sons of Philip Kaye) to join Prezzo plc's board of directors. Ada ...
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La Porchetta
''La Porchetta'' () is an Australian and New Zealand restaurant franchise which has become one of the biggest Italian restaurant chains in those countries. There are about 38 outlets now in Australia and New Zealand which are owned by franchisees. Founding and history La Porchetta was established in 1985 by Rocco Pantaleo and Felice Nania, when they bought a run-down pizza parlour called ''La Porchetta'' in Rathdowne Street, Carlton. Their first franchise restaurant opened in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, Victoria in 1990. Since 1990, over 80 ''La Porchettas'' have opened across Australia, by 2017 around 40 outlets existed. In August 2014, Retail Food Group, which owns franchise chains Crust Pizza, Gloria Jean's coffeehouses, Donut King, Michel's Patisserie and Brumby's Bakeries, announced it would purchase La Porchetta's franchising system for $16.3 million. Three months later, RFG pulled out of the deal. See also *List of restaurants in Australia This is a list ...
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Piada Italian Street Food
Piada Italian Street Food is a fast casual Italian cuisine restaurant chain with 49 locations in 7 states (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania & Texas). There are 25 locations in Ohio, 2 in Indiana, 1 in Kentucky, 3 in Minnesota, 3 in North Carolina, 5 in Pennsylvania and 10 in Texas. The restaurant features custom-rolled wraps (Piadas) in a stone-grilled, thin-crusted dough made from organic flour and extra virgin olive oil, as well as chopped salads and pasta bowls. The chain features food prepared along an assembly line, and has been called an Italian copycat of Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chris Doody, owner of the company, is a co-founder of the Bravo Brio Restaurant Group chain. He sold his stake to investors in 2006 and launched the Piada concept around the Italian "wrap-like sandwich" known as a Piada or Piadina, a street food he sampled in northern Italy. It is stuffed with pastas, meats, cheeses, sauce and vegetables. Piada also serves pasta bowl ...
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Patsy's
Patsy's is a family-owned and operated Neapolitan cuisine restaurant at 236 West 56th Street (between Broadway and Eighth Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. History It was founded by Pasquale "Patsy" Scognamillo in 1944. In over 70 years of existence, Patsy's has had only three chefs: the late Patsy himself, his son Joe Scognamillo (who has been at the establishment since the age of seven) and Joe's son Sal Scognamillo (who has been manning the kitchen for the past 25 years). Reviews In 2013, ''Zagats'' gave it a food rating of 23, and ranked it # 9 . Celebrity appeal Patsy's has been known for years as Frank Sinatra's favorite restaurant and, in fact, his family still eats at Patsy's whenever they are in town. In addition to Sinatra and family, Patsy's Italian Restaurant has become a favorite with countless stars on both the east and west coast, who have come to regard Patsy's as a mecca of Italian fine dining. Some of Patsy's Italian Restaurant high-profile patron ...
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Pastamania
Pastamania is a Singaporean fast casual restaurant chain that specialises in Italian cuisine. It offers mainly pasta and also sells pizza. Aside from Singapore, the restaurant also has outlets in various other countries. About The first Pastamania outlet was opened in April 1998, with an outlet within a food court in the basement of Scotts Shopping Centre in Orchard, Singapore. Since then, it has opened a number of outlets in Singapore. It has also expanded its operations to include Malaysia, Kuwait, various Middle Eastern countries, Bangladesh and India. An outlet in Colombo, Sri Lanka opened on 30 March 2018. Pastamania is currently a franchise offered by Commonwealth Capital Pte Ltd (CCPL). Gallery Image:Pasta_Fusilli.jpg, Mediterranean Barilla fusilli Fusilli () are a variety of pasta that are formed into corkscrew or helical shapes. The word ''fusilli'' presumably comes from ''fuso'' ("spindle"), as traditionally it is "spun" by pressing and rolling a small rod over ...
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Pasta Pomodoro (restaurant)
Pasta Pomodoro was an American chain of Italian restaurants. It started as a single restaurant in the Marina District of San Francisco, California in 1994, and subsequently grew to 30 restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Orange County. The company was headquartered in San Francisco. In 2002, Wendy's International acquired a 25% stake in the company. The chain, including the Wendy's share, was acquired by two Bay Area "foodie A foodie is a person who has an ardent or refined interest in food, and who eats food not only out of hunger but also as a hobby. The related terms " gastronome" and "gourmet" define roughly the same thing, i.e. a person who enjoys food for plea ...s" in early 2010. On December 26, 2016, the company abruptly closed all 15 remaining restaurants in the chain, all in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its employees were notified of the closure via text message not to come into work because they had ceased all operations. The name was brief ...
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Osteria Del Mondo
An osteria (, plural ''osterie'') in Italy was originally a place serving wine and simple food. Lately, the emphasis has shifted to the food, but menus tend to be short, with the emphasis on local specialities such as pasta and grilled meat or fish, often served at shared tables. Osterie tend to be cheap, and they also focus on after work and evening refreshment. Osterie vary greatly in practice: some only serve drinks and clients are allowed to bring in their own food, and some have retained a predominantly male clientele whilst others have reached out to students and young professionals. Some provide music and other entertainment. Similar to osterie are ''bottiglierie'', where customers can take a bottle or flask to be re-filled from a barrel, and '' enoteche'' which generally pride themselves on the range and quality of their wine. In Emilia-Romagna are located three of the oldest Italian ''osterie'': "Osteria del Sole" and "Osteria del Cappello" in Bologna, and "Osteria al ...
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Olive Garden
Olive Garden is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine. It is a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants, Inc., which is headquartered in Orange County, Florida. As of 2012, Olive Garden restaurants accounted for $3.8 billion of the $6.9 billion revenue of parent Darden. History Olive Garden started as a unit of General Mills. The first Olive Garden was opened on December 13, 1982, in Orlando, Florida, Orlando. By 1989, there were 145 Olive Garden restaurants, making it the fastest-growing units in the General Mills restaurant division. Olive Garden restaurants were uniformly popular, and the chain's per-store sales soon matched former sister company Red Lobster (restaurant), Red Lobster. The company eventually became the largest chain of Italian-themed full-service restaurants in the United States. General Mills spun off its restaurant holdings as Darden Restaurants (named for Red Lobster founder Bill Darden), a stand-alone company, in ...
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The Old Spaghetti Factory
The Old Spaghetti Factory is an Italian-American-style chain restaurant in the United States and Canada. The U.S. restaurants are owned by OSF International, based in Portland, Oregon, while the Canadian restaurants are owned by The Old Spaghetti Factory Canada Ltd. In 2003, the U.S. company alone had 45 restaurants, in 14 states and Japan, and sales of $105 million. The U.S. firm also operated an Old Spaghetti Factory in Hamburg, Germany, from 1983 to 1993, but that was its only European location.Richard, Martin (April 18, 1994). "The European challenge: US chains brave tough obstacles". ''Nation's Restaurant News''. History The chain was founded in Portland, Oregon, on January 10, 1969, by Guss Dussin. OSF International is the corporate name of the original, Portland-based company, which had 4,200 employees as of January 1994, in the U.S. and Japan. The Canadian locations are owned by a separate company, the Old Spaghetti Factory Canada Ltd., based in Vancouver. In 1983, ...
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