Italy America Chamber of Commerce

Celebrating authentic Italian food is part of the Chamber's mission, and they host special events for the public and media. On the schedule for 2019:
The Extraordinary Italian Taste Pastry and Ice Cream Master Class – Nov. 6
Authentic Italian Table – Food Festival – Nov. 6

Learn to Make Pizza at Mister O1

By the time he was 11 chef Renato Viola was apprenticing with a prominent Naples pizza chef. A native of Agropoli in Campania, Viola continued his studies throughout Italy and joined the award-winning Italian Pizza Acrobatics team. He landed in Miami Beach under an O-1 Visa category, reserved for those with “extraordinary artistic ability,” and opened his first location on Miami Beach, followed by other locations at Brickell, Wynwood and Naples, Florida.

Parla italiano?

Learn to speak Italian, explore Italian culture, spend an evening learning to cook an Italian feast. Located in Coral Gables, this chapter of this international cultural society hosts a range of events that will enrich your understanding of all things Italian.

Meet n’ Cheese at the Citadel

In this corner of the new Citadel food hall, it’s grab-and-go, Italian-style: handy cones heaped with wedges of pink mortadella and salame, rustic breadsticks, a couple of chunks of Parmigiano and an olive or two. Or pick up panini, a salad with fresh mozzarella, a San Pellegrino aranciata. The prices are fair – panini start at $4.50 – and the products are as Italian as the Vespa Mauro Bortignon drives around town.

Venchi Chocolate Boutique

Tucked in a corner of La Centrale at Brickell City Centre is a high-ceilinged, chic chocolate boutique and gelateria whose origin dates back to the 1800s, when young Silvano Venchi opened a pastry shop in Cuneo, south of Turin. He used Piedmont hazelnuts in his candies, which became popular throughout Italy and the rest of Europe. Today, their boutiques stock bins of colorfully wrapped chocolates; jars of a luxurious creamy chocolate spread made with cocoa, hazelnuts and olive oil; and tubs of traditional gelato, lovingly swirled on cones or in cups.

Mr. Olive Oil

For Marco Zanna, the health benefits are as important as flavor in the extra-virgin olive oil he imports from the Gentili family in the medieval town of Farnese near Tuscany. “Extra-virgin olive oil is the most digestible of the edible fats and is also filled with antioxidants, vitamins and nutrients,” says the  native of Rome. He enjoys taking customers on a tasting tour of Italy through his products, including white truffle olive oil from Molise, balsamic vinegar – including the coveted traditional varieties – from Modena and Lagano pasta from Rome.

No. 9 Vintage Mobile Bar

Tamara Feola fell in love with a Piaggio Ape (say AH-pey, Italian for bee) when she spotted the tiny three-wheeled vehicle on an Instagram post. Conceived by the inventor of the Vespa in post-WWII Italy as a light commercial vehicle, the Ape, in production since 1947, is used in Italy and India as a light delivery truck that can handle narrow winding roads. Feola, an event planner, decided it would make a charming vintage mobile bar for parties and events in South Florida.

Italian Luxury: Mr. C Coconut Grove

What does Italian luxury look like in the eyes of Ignazio and Maggio Cipriani, fourth-generation brothers of the famed Cipriani hospitality family? The brand-new Mr. C Coconut Grove, their sleek property perched dramatically on  sculptural stilts. “For Mr. C Coconut Grove, the aesthetic is a modern version of old-world simplicity blended with a bit of European glamour and design elements inspired by a sleek Italian yacht,” says Ignazio.

Origini, Miami

Look for the bicycle parked in front of this little store off Bird Rd. and SW 67 Ave. They offer a selection of prepared foods and Italian foods – biscotti, pasta, prosciutto, salumi, cheese, coffee and other pantry items.

La Centrale, Brickell City Centre

Three floors of food, wine, cafes, bars and restaurants. Specialty foods and market items are on counters in between the prepared food stops, so wander around to discover everything, including hard-to-find regional specialties. The Mercato on the first floor includes a counter for salumi and cheeses and a bread station. On the second floor, there are three restaurants, Carne, Pesce and Stagionale, plus an Aperitivo and Cocktail Bar. The third floor houses the Enoteca Wine Bar and cooking school. You can eat a meal at La Centrale, then buy the same ingredients and make it at home, too.

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