I dearly love an old-school restaurant -- a place that has seen its share of first dates, engagements anniversary dinners and birthdays, a place with enough staying power to become a family tradition.

The Villa Nova restaurant, a faux Italian villa, is as much a part of Newport Beach as the Balboa Island ferry, the Balboa Pavilion and the Wedge. And the restaurant not only has aged gracefully, but ...

After 20 years as owner of the Villa Nova restaurant on the water in Newport Beach, Andy Crean is ready to retire. “It is ironic that April 1, 1993 is the day I arrived at the Villa Nova as its new ...

The former Villa Nova West reopened along Columbia Avenue last week as New Town Food & Spirits. The new restaurant at 2833 Columbia Ave. in East Hempfield Township is owned by Dan and Kelly Scarberry, ...