SOMERS — The Italian Villa Restaurant hosted a fundraiser Tuesday for the effort to rebuild Somers Congregational United Church of Christ. The 170-year-old church building burned down Jan. 1.

“It’s going to smell like chlorine,” the Companion worried as we approached the entrance to Villella’s Italian Restaurant in Niagara Falls. And, true enough, it did look bad.

Bandar Seri Begawan - Villa Mauri, the highly regarded Italian restaurant, kicks off the new year with a brand new promotions.

Actor and Halle Berry boyfriend Olivier Martinez will add “restaurateur” to his resume as he joins partners Jean Philippe Bernard and Michael Martin in Villa Azur , a new restaurant and lounge opening in a few weeks at 309 23rd St. on South Beach. The menu will focus on South of France-style cuisine with Italian accents, and the 6,000 square foot restaurant will also offer La Cave d’Azur, a wine ...

About 90 other business leaders mingled at Maria’s Italian Villa Restaurant in Milford yesterday to celebrate the chamber’s 90th anniversary.

West Milford Alberto Dautaj loves the fresh, pine-scented mountain air of West Milford. The location of his restaurant, Momento, set on a wooded lot on Morsetown Road, delights him. For the diner, his Tuscan villa-inspired facility is a feast for the eyes and his Northern Italian cuisine is a treat for the taste buds.

Valentine's Day is a day to let loved ones know you care, and that in turn means big business for local restaurants, floral shops, candy shops and jewelry stores. At Finelli's Italian Villa, 1808 Fourth Ave.

The famed French chef brings his talents to Coconut Grove.

By Leah Ornstein - Radar Style & Beauty Editor Looks like Halle Berry has a taste for men who love food – and serving it! Following in the footsteps of Halle Berry’s baby daddy Gabriel Aubry , in more ways than one , Olivier Martinez is about to become a restaurateur! The French actor announced on Wednesday that he will be opening doors to a Miami eaterie in March 2012 – and RadarOnline.com has ...

Brandywine Senior Living at Pennington (formerly Stony Brook Assisted Living) located at 143 West Franklin Avenue, Pennington, is thrilled to host the 4th Annual “A Taste of Pennington” on Tuesday, February 7th from 6:30 – 8:30pm.

A pasta dinner to benefit the Somers Congregational Church Rebuilding Fund is being held Tuesday afternoon.

Itâs amazing how you can live in a community for years, and still learn new things about places you regularly patronize. I had that experience a few weeks ago.

Alexis Park Resort breakfast buffet, 375 E. Harmon Ave., received 13 demerits Jan. 27. Violations included food held at improper temperatures. GRADE: B Alexis Park Resort main kitchen, 375 E. Harmon Ave., received 17 demerits Jan. 27. Violations included

Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series in which we go into the kitchen and around the table with local people who cook from the heart with their friends and family.

Restaurant reports for the week ending Jan. 28:NO CRITICAL VIOLATIONS Anna's Mexican Restaurant, 6923 Indiana Ave. Suite 123. Bean Elementary School, 3001 Ave. N. Bowie Elementary School, 2902 Chicago Ave.

At 7 p.m. Saturday night, we were among a couple of dozen people queued up at Ciao Bella near the commercial heart of the Poplar corridor. A man and woman who arrived at the front desk ahead of us heard that the wait would be 40 minutes and said, "Pizza Hut it is" as they reversed direction. But we took the news in stride, ordered wine and watched college basketball on two screens in the waiting ...

When it comes to our Friday nights out, what requirements do we look for in our restaurant of choice? The majority of SMU students tend to migrate towards downtown Dallas, Uptown or Greenville. After choosing the location, we must then confront the debate over cuisine.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Old Masters paintings brought in more than $120 million at auction sales this week, with several works selling for more than $5 million each and records set for some artists. The top price in several days of sales at Christie's and Sotheby's was $5.9 million for Giambattista Tiepolo's "The Arrival of Henry VIII at the Villa Contarini" at Christie's, an auction record that ...

New airport eatery looks to be ready for takeoff The Watsonville airport could be signing a lease for a new restaurant as soon as next week, airport general manger Rayvon Williams said Monday, setting the wheels in motion for an "aviation-themed" eatery to replace Zuniga's Mexican Restaurant, which closed in September.