Little Italy’s Winter Dine Out
December 26, 2019: The Rockaway Times
From February 3 through February 13, Arthur Avenue in the Bronx will be hosting the inaugural “Little Italy in the Bronx Restaurant Week.” Enjoy pre-fixe lunches for $20 and pre-fixe dinners for $30, or other offerings at restaurants: Ann & Tony’s, Antonio’s Trattoria, Arthur Ave Fiasco, Gerbasi Ristorante, MangiPasta, Mario’s Restaurant, Michaelangelo’s, and San Gennaro. Read more, here.
Discover the Food-Filled Cultural Enclaves in New York City’s Outer Boroughs
December 24, 2019: Culture Trip
Skip Manhattan and take a subway ride to the Bronx. Arthur Avenue offers the real Italian deal in terms of quality, flavor, and colorful characters. Stops at Joe’s Italian Deli, Addeo Bakers, Zero Otto Nove, and the Arthur Avenue Retail Market are a must. Read more, here.
Christmas Dinner Preps
December 23, 2019: CBS New York
There’s a Christmas shopping rush, but it’s not gifts – it’s food! Arthur Avenue remains one of the most popular spots for shopping. Casa Della Mozzarella is just one of the stores with a line out the door. Customers waited for over three hours to get into the store but they all smile and say it’s worth it. Read more, here.
Shoppers flock to Arthur Avenue for holiday specialties
December 21, 2019: News12 The Bronx
With just days to go until Christmas, shoppers from near and far were out on Arthur Avenue to pick up all their holiday essentials.For all the essentials people shopped at Mike’s Deli, Teitel Brothers, Madonia Bakery, and other community staples. Read more, here.
Dining Deal: Mario’s
December 21, 2019: CBS New York
Arthur Avenue in the Bronx is a food-lovers paradise. Generations have enjoyed authentic, traditional foods. Tony Tantillo visits 100-year-old Mario’s Restaurant where things just get better with age.Read more, here.
Where to live in New York if you’ve just come into $324 million
December 19, 2019: MLB.com
New Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole, recently agreed to a record-setting $324 million deal. He can live anywhere he wants. One good option? The Bronx, of course! Hailed as the new hotspot in New York, there are high-rise apartments, local institutions like the New York Botanical Garden and Bronx Zoo, and of course some of the best Italian food in the world! Read more, here.
NYC: The Bronx’s Little Italy Announces Launch of Winter Restaurant Week in 2020
December 14, 2019: Albany Times
The NYC’s Belmont Business Improvement District (BID) has announced the launch of their inaugural Little Italy in the Bronx Winter Restaurant Week, starting Monday, February 3 to Thursday, February 13, 2020. Diners will be able to enjoy a three-course prix-fixe lunch for $20 and a three-course prix-fixe dinner for $30 excluding gratuity, tax, and alcohol, or various value-added offerings at a variety of Little Italy in the Bronx restaurants. Little Italy in the Bronx Restaurant Week is only valid during the week from Mondays to Thursdays. Read more, here.
Belmont BID, Love Holds Children Cancer Foundation Hosts Tree Lighting and Toy Giveaway
December 14, 2019: Bronx Times
The Belmont Business Improvement District hosted their annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Ciccarone Park on Arthur Avenue on Saturday, November 30. The tree lighting featured Santa Clause, Christmas Carolers and special guest, Bronx-born actor and Child Reach Foundation founder Calogero Lorenzo ‘Chazz’ Palminteri. The holiday event also featured a toy giveaway for children in the neighborhood, co-hosted by Love Holds Children’s Cancer Foundation. Read more here.
NYC’s 31 Top Italian Restaurants
December 12, 2019: Eater
Dominick’s and Roberto’s were both named as one of the 31 best Italian restaurants in New York City. Read more here.
New York’s Top 10 Restaurants of 2019
December 10, 2019: The New York Times
Cka Ka Qellu hit The New York Times’ Top 10 Restaurants of 2019. When you step inside, you’ll be greeted with a warm smile and the smell of bread baking in the oven as you enter into an old village tavern somewhere in Kosovo or Albania. The chefs here stir up recipes from both sides of the border including veal stew, yogurt-soaked veal dumplings, sausages, and sheqerpare. Adorning the walls are musical instruments, farm tools, coffee mills, and antique clothes. Wrap up the experience with some classic Albanian coffee. Read more here.
Awards season kicks off with New York Film Critics Circle
December 9, 2019: Cindy Adams
Mario’s Restaurant on Arthur Avenue celebrated its 100th anniversary. Around pizza, pasta, and parmesan stories were told about years passed and the beginnings of this favorite neighborhood eatery. Read more here.
Celebrity Sightings from Upstate New York
December 9, 2019: Cindy Adams
At the Bronx Little Italy’s tree lighting ceremony in Ciccarone Park, Chazz Palminteri made an appearance. He spoke about his life growing up just around the corner and brought books for 200 kids. Read more here.