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Monday, October 26, 2015 Gran Caffe L’Aquila Review After a devastating 2009 earthquake destroyed their restaurant and an unfortunate portion of the city of L’Aquila, Italy, brothers Riccardo and Gigio Longo opened up Gran Caffe L’Aquila in the Rittenhouse area. And once you exit the bustle of 17th and Chestnut and enter their establishment, it’s […]
Gran Caffe L’Aquila Philadelphia by Andrea Szyper Gran Caffe L’Aquila – Now that’s Italian Aug 12th, 2016 | By: Andrea Szyper Full disclosure: I have spent a lot of time traveling in Italy. I have high standards for coffee and gelato. I also appreciate the pageantry of a proper Italian bar: the coffee making, the […]
Gran Caffe L’aquila The other day Anthony told me about this cool restaurant that had moved from Italy to Philadelphia. Every week they have specials that feature a different region of Italy. He was taking his beautiful fiancee Heather there for dinner so naturally we had to crash it (we being the Canadian girls Karen, […]
About Gran Caffe L’Aquila The Rebirth of one of Italy’s premier Caffès in Philadelphia April 6th 2009: The Original landmark Gran Caffè L’Aquila was destroyed in a historically devastating earthquake. December 2014: One of Italy’s most beloved Caffès is reborn in Philadelphia A 2 level Italian cultural immersion of culinary passion! 1st floor: Authentic Italian […]
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Students from Camden Catholic High School spend the day at Gran Caffe L’Aquila! Isabella Petrowski & Antonella Longo of Camden Catholic High School came in to make gelato with Italian gelato Champion Stefano Biasini They brought the gelato they made to St. John’s Hospice on Arch Street The girls delivered 40 homemade Gelatos to the […]
You Have to Eat This Before Summer Ends: Gelato at Gran Caffe l’Aquila Gran Caffe L’Aquila opened last January as Philadelphia’s first “grand Italian experience:” a fancy coffee and wine stand up bar, a pastry counter, a complex menu of meats, cheeses and entrees in the dining room, wait staff with Italian accents and chic fedoras, […]
Rittenhouse Gets an Authentic Taste of Italy When it comes to global cuisine, Philly has an admirable and somewhat lengthy resume: from dim sum to Korean BBQ, German biergartens and even a few Cajun/Creole and Jamaican eateries. We also have the classics that are done very well – Thai, Japanese and sushi, Mexican, and yes, even Italian. While […]