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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Renato's Pastry Shoppe closes down for the night at 8 p.m., Michael Peccerillo goes on line with Instagram. Since Lent began, the baker engages patrons in a nightly contest ...

Renato’s, the atmospheric Via Mizner restaurant, this month marks a quarter-century of serving Italian-inflected Continental cuisine to discerning diners. Owner Arlene Desiderio, widow of founder ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A friend reminded me last Wednesday that Renato’s Pastry Shoppe on Forest Avenue (next to the old Lum Chin, now China New Star) is having a huge pastry sale, every Thursday ...