Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A plate of penne pasta, covered in sauce and cheese, on a plate. - Megha Bhutra/Shutterstock Is there anything more comforting ...

Bolognese pasta at North Italia restaurant - Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images The casual dining universe is replete with Italian restaurants. They vary in quality and price, of course — from ...

Americanized Italian food is huge in the United States, and Italian chain restaurants in America have played a big role in that. A lot of us have been eating spaghetti and meatballs from these spots ...

The popularity of Italian food in the United States cannot be overstated. That popularity comes, of course, from the history of the country and its population. The 19th and 20th centuries saw a huge ...

Of the many time-honored traditions carried to the New World from every corner of the globe, few are as significant to America's amalgamated culture as food. International cuisine is popular ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We asked nonnas their favorite chain-restaurant pasta, but they couldn’t name a single one. Chain-restaurant pastas tend to be ...

Italian food has become a dominant cuisine in U.S. culture. “Today, out of 800,000 restaurants in the U.S., about 100,000 serve Italian food. But while the bulk are pizzerias and casual restaurants, ...

Sometimes you just need a big bowl of pasta, an affordable glass of wine, and a side salad to balance it all out. In those moments of deep craving, many people head to a chain Italian restaurant.

The Italian casual restaurant sector has faced both impressive sales results for certain dining chains, while some others have experienced financial distress, over the last two years. Popular casual ...

Talk about a fall from grace. At the height of Bertucci’s success in the late 1980s and ’90s, the Italian restaurant chain grew to over 100 locations along the East Coast. The establishment toted a ...

Is there anything more comforting than a giant bowl of pasta? Well, maybe knowing that you won't have to move afterwards as you slowly digest all those carbs like a python devouring its prey. That's ...