Bill of Fare: Vidalia Restaurant, Cucina con Passione celebrates 16 years
Updated 7:33 AM;
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“I promised myself I wasn’t going to fail.”
With the support of his family, staff and loyal customers, his restaurant, Vidalia in Lawrenceville, is now in its 16th year. That is after surviving what he calls “the hardest year in the business.”
Like many other restaurant owners, he had to find a new way to run his business. So in a time where everyone was worried about potential exposure to the virus, Scarlata made videos to show his customers how their food was being prepared without human contact. The videos are still available on the restaurant website.
New Jersey’s 25 greatest Italian dishes, ranked
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
The linguini with white clam sauce at LuNello in Cedar Grove, one of the best Italian dishes in New Jersey according to NJ.com s latest Italian food rankings. (Peter Genovese | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
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Forget New York City; no one does Italian food better than New Jersey. It seems like every Garden State street corner features a pizzeria, trattoria or cafe serving some of the country’s finest Italian imports.
New Jersey has one of the largest Italian-American populations in the country (1.45 million Italian-Americans, per 2017 census data), and cities like Newark and Elizabeth having rich cultural histories as hubs for Italian immigrants. So it’s no surprise that among New Jersey’s myriad delectable cuisines, Italian food reigns supreme.