Dining - Oct. 1, 2009
Is it dinner or supper?
Supper is just more formal. Well, not really formal but more family-oriented, I guess. Can't even think of the last time I called the evening meal supper. Can you?
Tags: supper, dinner, evening meal, dining month, Third Ward Caffe, Italian, family dinner

Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 13, 2008
Video of the Day: How to speak Italian
From the hilarious series "Family Guy," here is a clip where Peter dons a mustache and tries to speak Italian at a local grocery.
Tags: family guy, peter, italian

Dining - Oct. 29, 2008
Milwaukee's best Italian, 2008: Ristorante Bartolotta
OnMilwaukee.com readers have spoken. Ristorante Bartolotta in Downtown Tosa is Milwaukee's best Italian restaurant, and we agree. For a decade or so, Joe Bartolotta has run one of the most consistently great Italian restaurants in town. And thanks to head Chef Juan Urbieta, the menu has never gone stale.
Tags: best of, italian, ristorante bartolotta

Dining - Aug. 7, 2008
Cataldo's is back, this time on KK
After several years of respite and practice retirement, Carlo Cataldo and entourage return with good, basic Italian blazing with the reawakening of Cataldo's.
Tags: cataldo's, carlo cataldo, cfw post, pizza, italian

Dining - July 30, 2008
Italian restaurant guide
Few ethnic cuisines are better represented in Milwaukee than that of the Italians. We've got nearly everything, from traditional Italian-American red sauce joints to upscale eateries and adventurous menus. There has been an upsurge recently in fine Italian dining in Milwaukee and so it's time to present some highlights of Italian dining in Brew City.
Tags: Dining guides, Italian

Dining - July 5, 2008
Eating Italian in Waukesha
With all the restaurants that serve Italian food, especially pizza, how does one choose a good one? That's easy. Follow a little Italian woman into one. If it's good for mamma, it's got to be good.
Tags: pizza, pasta, Waukesha, Italian, Pepino, Marty's, Mama Mia

Dining - June 26, 2008
Mari's boosts Italian vibe on Brady Street
Brady Street's Italian character gets a shot in the arm in July when Mari Cucunato opens Mari's on Brady, a coffee shop, cafe and wine bar at 1229 E. Brady St.
Tags: Mari's, Cucunato, Zarletti, Brady Street, Italian

Kids & Family - May 11, 2008
Book clubs boost language skills in friendly atmosphere
Finding a book club isn't difficult. However, finding a book club that reads books in foreign languages isn't easy in Milwaukee. But if you look, there are a few.
Tags: Italian, German, French, Spanish, Alliance Francaise, UWM, Continuing Education, Julie Liotta, Tim Frautschi, Petra Theurich, Cafe Bruecke, Anne Herisson-Leplae

Dining - April 6, 2008
New Albanese’s on Keefe owners add lunch
Michael Vergiels and Jody Kelly took over Albanese’s on Keefe, an Italian mom-and-pop restaurant and tavern that’s been around since 1941.
Tags: Albanese's on Keefe, pasta, Michael Vergiels, Italian, Italian food

Dining - March 17, 2008
Tutto strikes balance between sports bar and upscale Italian dining
When the Safina family opened Tutto, 1033 N. Old World 3rd St., in October 2007, some of the recipes and familiar faces of Giovanni's reemerged in a more contemporary environment with a much lower price point, while still maintaining high quality food and service.
Tags: tutto, giovanni's, safina, sports bar, italian

Dining - Nov. 5, 2007
Family owned Carini's is a neighborhood mainstay
As a neighborhood mainstay, it is nice to have a family owned, simple Italian restaurant with good, reasonably priced options for the locals.
Tags: Carini's, La Conca d'Oro, Sicilian, Italian, seafood, Oakland Avenue

Dining - Oct. 1, 2007
Milwaukee's best bakery, 2007: Peter Sciortino's
Peter Sciortino's Bakery, a Brady Street institution for decades, has little competition, according to OnMilwaukee.com readers, who again voted it Milwaukee's best bakery.
Tags: bakery, sciortino's, brady street, italian, cannoli, cookies, bread, best of milwaukee, 2007 eat/drink results

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 7, 2007
Italian senator visits Milwaukee tonight
Chicago's Renato Turano, a member of the Italian Senate, will be on hand as the Filippo Mazzei Greater Milwaukee Lodge #2763 awards scholarships to two Milwaukee-area high school seniors, Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the ICC.
Tags: Turano, OSIA, ICC, Italian, Italy, Chicago

Movies & TV - July 20, 2007
"Golden Door" opens up the emigrant's world
If you’ve seen his stark and beautiful “Respiro,” you know that Italian writer/director Emanuele Crialese’s look at emigration is bound to be unique. His new film, “Golden Door” (Called “Nuovomondo” or “New World” in Italy) strikes an unusual chord.
Tags: Golden Door, Crialese, Sicily, Ellis Island, Italian, Italian-American, emigrant, immigrant, Nuovomondo, Respiro, Gainsbourg, Amato

Arts & Entertainment - July 12, 2007
L.A. Law's: Tucker steals my dream
I'm going to admit up front -- even though it violates a commandment -- I get a little jealous when reading books like former "L.A. Law" star Michael Tucker's "Living in a Foreign Language." It's true, I covet my neighbor's rustico.
Tags: Tucker, Eikenberry, Italy, Umbria, L.A. Law, Living in a Foreign Language, Italian