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Washington Place Bistro and Inn Closes
Cleveland, OH. Washington Place Bistro and Inn has closed. A "perfect storm" led Scott Kuhn of the Driftwood Restaurant Group to shut down the restaurant and seven-room inn that he has owned for 10 years in Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood.…
La Scala Bistro Owner Lalli Dies of COVID-19
Columbus, OH. La Scala Italian Bistro and Vittoria Prime Italian Steakhouse will go on without their owner, William Lalli, who died Sunday from complications of COVID-19. He was 67. “Everything is going to remain open, just like he would have…
America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill
Traveling overseas isn’t in the cards this year. However, I’m still planning a trip to Italy. A trip to America’s last “Little Italy” – The Hill, a neighborhood where Italian can still be heard spoken in the shops and you…
Coming Soon: Home Bistro, Opening This Summer in Little Italy
Victor Morenz e la moglie Emily Gilbert apriranno un ristorante in Piccola Italia tra qualche settimane. Benché sia un periodo terribile per aprire un ristorante, loro sono fiduciosi che avranno successo. Il ristorante, Home Bistro, sarà similare al suo ristorante…
Cleveland’s Little Italy Struggles To Adapt To New Restrictions in Tight Quarters
The cancellation of The Feast of the Assumption delivers third blow to the neighborhood. Con la quarentena, i commercianti in Piccola Italia stanno soffrendo. Il padrone di La Pizzeria spiega che i ristoranti sono in una situazione brutta con la…
It’s Complicated
For me, with Columbus, it’s complicated. I have no problem with the removal of statues that memorialize treasonous Confederate generals or KKK leaders. Columbus shouldn’t be lumped in with those individuals. We’ve celebrated our rich heritage on October 12 with…
Hon. Fucsia Fitzgerald Nissoli Presents to National Columbus Education Foundation
The Honorable Fucsia Fitzgerald Nissoli, who represents Italian citizens living in North and Central America in the Chamber of Deputies recently attended a meeting of the National Columbus Educational Foundation board to discuss strategies on how the organization can engage…
The Columbus Letters
“The Columbus Letters” were published in a four-part series in La Gazzetta Italiana in 2019 and can be found on www.lagazzettaitaliana.com. Search “Columbus Letters.” On his return to Spain, sailing in January and February 528 years ago, Christopher Columbus composed…
