Distinguished Restaurants of North America ‘Gold’ Award of Excellence Recipients Announced Sixteen restaurants across North America receive the elite DiRōNA gold award during its inaugural year NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., February 15, 2024 ⎯ The Distinguished...
The Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRōNA) and their partners ECOLAB are excited to announce the induction of Gary Wollerman, proprietor of GW Fins restaurant, as the latest addition to our esteemed Hall of Fame. The celebratory induction ceremony...
The Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRōNA) is thrilled to announce Gary Wollerman from GW Fins as the 2023 inductee into our prestigious Hall of Fame. Gary has devoted himself to the hospitality industry for numerous decades, and his unparalleled...
DiRōNA’s Kelly and Scott Breard with Awarded Restaurateur, Lidia Bastianich The restaurant industry gathered to celebrate culinary excellence Saturday at the 26th annual MenuMasters celebration, which honors culinary innovation over the past year. The event...
John Arena 1924 – 2023 JOHN ARENA OBITUARY November 19, 1924 – February 11, 2023 Our beloved father, John Arena, passed away unexpectedly, on February 11, 2023. Born in Calabria, Italy, he travelled alone to Australia by ship at the age of 14 in search of...
George Lois [Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP/Shutterstock] EN HOMAGE TO ELIE NADELMAN “In 1992, Tom Margittai of The Four Seasons restaurant and a director of the Distinguished Restaurants of North America, asked me to name and design an award it was cooking up to...
