The name is bold and exudes a New York sense of confidence. Does the quality of the new fella’s food support the brashy moniker? Without a doubt! Part Main Street deli, part grocer, part caterer,  part restaurant and completely Italian, the new Mozzarella Fella is creating New York-styled Italian specialties using locally-sourced ingredients; the best of two locales! Born into a New York Italian family, Michael Calore was introduced to homemade Italian cooking at a young age. Large family dinners every Sunday at his grandmother’s home sowed the seeds for [...]

If there is any truth to the old saw “you can’t judge a book by its cover”, then the culinary corollary might be, “You can’t judge a restaurant by its outward appearance.” This is most definitely the case at Bellagio Ristorante. Located on a small stretch of Washington Blvd. (Rt. 301) south of Ringling Blvd. that’s dotted with small shops, the front entrance to Bellagio is small and unassuming. If one were not specifically looking for the restaurant tucked back from the street, it could easily be overlooked. However one step inside [...]