Imagine for a moment that you are one of those well-heeled, Italian-American movie or TV characters -- you know the ones: dressed to the nines, with questionable business associates and a connoisseur's appreciation of linguine with clams.

GOOSE HOLLOW Gilda's Italian Restaurant gets both its name (pronounced with a soft G, like "Jill-da's") and many of its recipes from owner Marco Roberti's Italian grandmother, who moved to the U.S. during World War II and died a couple years ago in her late 90s.

Tricks that owner Eddie Cerino picked up at the Culinary Institute of America and elsewhere have produced a menu at this Seven Hills restaurant that is traditionally Italian but still surprising.

Italian restaurant feeds the masses, and then some

Times were looking tough when first Whole Hog Cafe and then longtime tenant Jarrett's restaurant closed at the Yorkshire Square Shopping Plaza. But in February, Whole Hog reopened, and then Thyme Bistro opened in the old Jarrett's space in May. A revival? So it seems inside the bustling bistro. Rick Saviori, formerly with Ciao Bella, has put together a menu that has Italian touches but offers a ...

On opening night and Saturday, June will offer a limited food menu, but plans to open with its full menu beginning Tuesday.

Jamie Oliver's Scottish restaurant reportedly had to close early one night after running out of materials.

The following are shortened versions of recent full-length restaurant reviews. The date the original review ran and its overall rating is in parentheses.

Worcester Restaurant Week, which is actually a two-week celebration, is the perfect time to check out a new place to eat, especially the ones that you thought might be a little out of your price range.

Dino Sili has taken over the restaurant formerly known as Marcello & Dino Roman Cafe, and the result is the same familiar warmth and a lower-priced menu. Stick to the satisfying classic dishes; many of the more creative options aren’t nearly as well-executed.

Aperitif is a big-city restaurant. It just so happens this big-city restaurant — with a name no one can pronounce — is in sleepy Woodbury. You can almost hear a collective sigh of relief as diners walk into the restaurant. It seems so civilized compared with all the fast and fast-casual restaurants in the area. The 270-seat restaurant sprawls amiably between a colorful bar with leather booths ...

          Click on the images for all the details on this week's new restaurant arrivals, which include authentic Neapolitan pizzeria at OLiO in the Village, Eddie Huang's Xiao Ye on the Lower East Side, BLT Bar and Grill down by the World Trade Center site, the raved-about Mexicue food truck, and the Limelight Grill inside the Limelight Marketplace.

Last weekend we drove up to Nino’s Italian Restaurant (formerly Pastaria) at 720 Mississippi Ave. on Signal Mountain. It had been several years since we had been there – in fact, it was still Pastaria (same owner) at that time.

The venue: Polpo, a Venetian-style restaurant. It's basically Italian tapas, which sounds a bit crazy but it's amazing. The staff take you through the menu in a really non-patronising way and it's only a minute's walk away from where I work.

HILLSDALE Chef opens cafe inspired by Italy Kurt Spak, a chef and owner of popular Alba Osteria & Enoteca, is combining history and Italian-style coffees, quiches and panini at his newly opened Caffe Autogrill two doors down at 6446 S.W. Capitol Highway.

An authentic Italian menu and attractive setting guarantees this Mount Lebanon restaurant's popularity By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth.

With attentive wait staff, a relaxed atmosphere, simple yet chic d?cor and an extensive menu offering a variety of classic Italian dishes, the owners of the old-standing favorite Da Albertone on Millionaya Ulitsa seem to have come up with another winner with this new offering on Zagorodny Prospekt — dining at Portobello is a pleasant experience that will satisfy taste buds and surpass ...

RENTON, Wash. , July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Buon appetito! For 25 years, Armondo's Cafe Italiano ( http://www.armondos.com ) in Renton has been serving up classic, family-friendly Italian food. On August 6 they'll continue that tradition with an exciting new menu and refined style focusing on simple, seasonal and local flavors that are sure to leave Eastside diners more ...

Understated comfort food and a range of hot and cold drinks add up to simple satisfaction Carma's Cafe is cool in more ways than one. Located a few steps below ground, the cozy space gets natural light but escapes the worst of the summer heat. The small coffee and sandwich shop also has a cool personality, doing what it does without much fuss. Sandwiches are not overstuffed, baked goods are not ...

When Ristorante Piccola Roma closed abruptly early in 2009, Annapolis lost a reliable destination for home-style Italian cuisine with a flair right in the heart of Main Street.