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Italy in The City

An Italian culinary weekend with The Cicalas in Philadelphia 

Spend the weekend with us in Philly, cooking at our restaurants and our home, discover of the historic Italian mom & pop shops and restaurants on a South Philly food tour, make cello, drink and eat at old school, Italian-American "members only" club straight out of a movie.

Let's do Philly, Italian style!

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FRIDAY 

7:00 PM NEAPOLITAN TOMBOLA PARTY​​

 

Start the weekend off with a Neapolitan Tombola party at our pizzeria, Sorellina, tonight!  (Tombola is an Italian style bingo game, but our version is a little more exciting! Cannoli man on the dance floor will be making an appearance!). Expect a night full of surprises, pizza and sweets.  

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​SATURDAY MORNING

 

12:00 PM STREET FOOD TOUR

Meet at the Singing Fountain on East Passyunk Avenue for a street food tour of the neighborhood's Italian "mom & pop" shops and restaurants. Come hungry! ​

7:30 PM DINNER AT PALIZZI SOCIAL CLUB

Dinner at the Palizzi Social Club, a revived Italian American private club which is by membership only.

 

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SUNDAY

 

3:00 PM   COOK DINNER AT OUR HOUSE!

 

Cook a traditional Italian American Sunday dinner with Chefs Angela & Joe Cicala at their house in South Philly. 

Make 2 types of antipasti, make homemade mozzarella, fluffy gnocchi, Neapolitan Ragu (We call it "Sunday Gravy" in South Philly), hand-roll and fry meatballs, and make Italian cookies & cannoli.

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​MONDAY

 

CELLO & GELATO CLASS WITH THE CHEFS.

4-course dinner with wine pairing. The menu tonight is inspired by dishes of the chef's ancestral villages in Italy. Think Sicily, Abruzzo and Campania. 

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WHERE TO SLEEP

 

WE LOVE THESE PROPERTIES

Anna & Bel

Fishtown

Hotel Monaco

Old City

The Franklin On Rittenhouse 

​Rittenhouse Square

Mullherin & Sons

Fishtown

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