Restaurant interior with low lighting and patrons at high-top tables - Trattoria Stella / Facebook On the bottom floor of a former psychiatric hospital called the Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse ...

From the quirky Ohio restaurant that just can't pick a theme to the iconic Chicago-bred jibarito sandwich, the Midwest is full of unique food experiences — but none are quite as unusual as the ...

This is part one of my interview with Valentino Ujkic, the executive chef of Trattoria Stella on East Colfax. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Valentino Ujkic emerges from ...

The sensory landscape of Chef Myles Anton’s kitchen quiets in this moment. While fat snowflakes pile onto spruce boughs outside the kitchen, blue fingers of flame quietly dance under the heavy base of ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN- Trattoria Stella is not only Michigan's Best Italian restaurant, it is one of the best restaurants in Michigan, period. Stella exudes old world charm the moment you walk in ...

Trattoria Stella, at 3470 West 32nd Avenue, has been serving up a unique style of Italian cooking since 1999; its younger sibling at 3201 East Colfax Avenue, which originally opened as Cafe Star, ...

The fifth annual Young Guns Chefs’ Dinner Series will take place in Traverse City this year. On Sunday, October 19, 2014 Traverse City’s Trattoria Stella (located at the Grand Traverse Commons) will ...

A taste of Italy isn’t all you’ll get when you step into the elegantly aging space occupied by Trattoria Stella. So many of our fondest memories are made around food, and here, the cuisine combines ...

Whenever friends or family visit, I take them out for Italian because everyone can find something to order. My go-to spot of the moment is Trattoria Stella in Highland (the eatery has a second outpost ...

A Traverse City restaurant is being recognized as the best spot to find Italian in the entire state. MLive’s Michigan’s Best, travels throughout the state to find the mitten’s finest dining. For this ...