CityFeast returned to Boston’s North End for its thirteenth year. This food-fueled evening was hosted on Sunday night by six local restaurants: Antico Forno, Aria Trattoria, Bricco Ristorante, Lucca, Terramia Ristorante, and Tresca. Carla Agrippino Gomes, owner of Antico Forno and Terramia, founded CityFeast in 2005 in the North End with her restaurants and it has continued to grow. Since its inception, Read More…
CityFeast, a special dining experience in Boston’s North End, returns on Sunday, January 27th for its thirteenth year to benefit Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund, which supports the Center’s greatest needs in research, education and clinical care. Headlining this year’s restaurants are Antico Forno, Aria Trattoria, Bricco, Lucca, Terramia Ristorante, and Tresca. The event starts at 6:00 p.m. and includes Read More…
CityFeast and Joslin Diabetes Center honored 26-year-old David Gomes on Sunday night for his pursuits to help children living with diabetes. David has been living with type 1 diabetes for 25 years. After graduating from the MCPHS Physician Assistant program in Boston, Joslin inspired him to want to work in the field of pediatric Endocrinology. David shows Read More…
CityFeast, a special dining experience in Boston’s North End, returns on Sunday, January 29th for its twelfth year to benefit Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund, which supports the Center’s greatest needs in research, education and clinical care. Headlining this year’s restaurants are Antico Forno, Aria Trattoria, Bricco, Lucca, Taranta, Terramia Ristorante, and Tresca. The event starts Read More…
The 11th annual CityFeast event in Boston’s North End, to benefit Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund, will feature new dining options; prix fixe menus. Each of which will feature at least one “diabetes-friendly” dish, as Joslin Diabetes Center is spearheading an effort for restaurants to add a “DF” symbol for “diabetes-friendly” next to the appropriate dishes Read More…
The 11th annual CityFeast event in Boston’s North End, to benefit Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund, will take place on Sunday, January 31, starting at 6 p.m. at of the North End’s Italian restaurants. Tickets are $150 each, of which $100 is tax deductible, and include a five-course dinner with wine pairings at one of the Read More…
Now in its 10th year, the annual CityFeast benefit for Joslin Diabetes Center brought out hundreds on Sunday night to ten North End restaurants. Spearheading the fundraising effort to conquer diabetes is North End native and restauranteur, Carla Agrippino Gomes of Antico Forno and Terramia. Carla’s son David, now 24 years old, was diagnosed on his first Read More…
Following is a story from Joslin Diabetes Center featuring North End natives, David Gomes and his mother Carla, raising awareness for diabetes care and the upcoming 10th Annual CityFeast fundraiser on January 25th at ten North End restaurants. Twenty-four-year-old David Gomes was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on his 1st birthday. A week or two earlier, his Read More…
North End native and restauranteur Carla Agrippino Gomes established “CityFeast – Dining Out to Conquer Diabetes” in 2005 and the annual event returns this year on January 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm to benefit the Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund. The ten restaurants participating on Sunday, January 25 at 6pm include: Antico Forno 93 Read More…
Despite the frigid cold on Sunday night, hundreds came out for the 9th Annual CityFeast benefit, “Dining Out to Conquer Diabetes.” Former Mayor Thomas Menino and wife Angela joined the crowd at Antico Forno, the North End home base for CityFeast founder Carla Agrippino Gomes. “I am a diabetic and this disease is our modern-day Read More…
Hundreds of diners came out to help fight diabetes on Sunday night as part of the 2013 CityFeast. This is the first year the event has expanded beyond the North End to feature 12 restaurants for High Hopes Fund at Joslin Diabetes Center. The first seating of the night saw Boston officials participating including Mayor Read More…