On the Road with Vic Rallo: Italy (previously titled "Eat. Drink. Italy!") is a new food and travel series where host Vic Rallo (a New Jersey restaurateur, Italian wine expert and raconteur) takes his audience on a journey through Italy, discovering the rich history of the country while simultaneously matching beautiful landscapes and fine wine with incredible food, cooked in front of you with all local ingredients.
Celebrity chefs close Manhattan restaurant, focus on 3 Staten Island places
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Celebrity chefs Dave Pasternack and Vic Rallo have closed their award-winning Hell’s Kitchen restaurant, Esca. The business partners have Staten Island roots with Pastavino, Navy Pier Prime and Navy Pier Taproom in Stapleton’s Urby complex.
The pair issued a statement to announce the Manhattan restaurant news. It read, “Following a year of uncertainty surrounding our neighborhood, city, industry, and country, this was not an easy decision. Unfortunately, with the timeline for a return to normalcy still so unclear, this was the only remaining option available to us.”
Getting ready to cook fish | Pamela’s Food Service Diary
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Codfish at Eat Italian pre-pandemic, served on a plate, in Rossville (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)Staff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. On Staten Island, fish is a big seller in the borough’s markets during Lent, the season into which we’re headed. So, getting into the seafood spirit at that princely time for supermarket sales on canned sardines, what can we do with our fresh catches?
Cole s Dockside s pecan-coated mahi mahi. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)Pamela Silvestri
Ian Cole of Cole’s Dockside shares a few tips from the Great Kills sea-centric eatery known for its nut-coated fillet specials.
Hooray! We might see a second round of $20.21 meals | Pamela’s Food Service Diary
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Seppe at Urby in Stapleton: They re open for Restaurant Week with a $20.21 meal deal. (Courtesy of Joe Iovino)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. In a press conference today, Mayor Bill de Blasio talked up Restaurant Week To Go with a shoutout to Denino’s in Port Richmond. The program, run by the Big Apple’s tourism department, NYCGo, is the first time the borough has seen such a response to the program with a total of 20 places offering discounted meals at $20.21.