After decades of serving frozen shrimp that was just thrown in a fryer, Luigi’s, at the corner of 9th Street and West Avenue, was long known for being a tourist trap. The Babcocks assure that now ...

Mickey Ciriello, the longtime owner of Luigi’s Restaurant, died early Oct. 29 after a brief illness with Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...

Just over a year after closing up shop, Vinny and Sonny Chiarello are reopening Luigi’s, saying they have been unable to stay away from the business. Running the restaurant, after all, was something ...

Luigi's Restaurant has been serving pizza, pastas and cheese salads since 1949 - but what's the story behind its name? Luigi’s began amid a heyday for downtown Akron nightlife. More than 75 years ago, ...