SOUTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Chef Maria Forte grew up in Italy, where her mother had a restaurant for years. In Philly, she was a fixture on the Italian restaurant scene, opening a few noted spots ...

A Canadian investment group has acquired eight Cucina! Cucina! restaurants from Wolfgang Puck Worldwide Inc. and plans to transform the casual chain into a more upscale dining concept. The deal closed ...

Cucina Restaurant, Bar Vaux, and Café Calvert have all opened at The Richardson Hotel. My wife and I got a sneak peek over the weekend, as we attended Cucina’s second mock service. Not knowing what to ...

Building owners abhor a vacuum, and while the lower floor of the iconic 54-story Solow skyscraper on 57th Street west of Fifth Avenue wasn’t going to turn into a storage room, the exit of the fine ...

LEGACY LAUNCH: From left, Crusco co-owners Kat Kearney, Allen Clark, Lauren Macellaro and Alex Harris were all core staff at Cucina 24 before it closed following the death in February of its founder, ...