By Michael Moliterno YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – When you poke your head through the small window to place your barbecue order at the Space Kat, don’t ask owner Jack Zizzo if he makes his own sauce. He does, but that’s beside the point. “[Sauce] isn’t the definition of barbecue,” he says...

By Jessica Joerndt YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – While fads come and go, restaurants in our region are adapting their menus to changing tastes and diets while honoring the cuisines and consistency that keep their regular customers coming back. Long-standing Italian restaurants like La Rocca’s Pizza and Pasta in Poland and Scarsella’s...

By Jessica Joerndt YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- From the spices of a Middle Eastern kibbee to the tenderness of authentic Mexican carnitas, the ethnic restaurants in our region offer some of the most diverse and interesting food types – but their stories don’t start in any store-bought cookbook. While California takes...