A venerable NYC Italian restaurant has partnered with a relative Long Island upstart and the result, Vitolo Sorrentino Italian Supper Club, is planning to open in Garden City South this week. Anthony Vitolo, the chef at Emilio’s Ballato on Houston Street, is joining forces with Salvatore Sorrentino to relaunch the location that, until July, had been Sorrentino’s ITA Kitchen, offering a playful, Instagram-friendly take on Italian American cuisine with over-the-top dishes such as chicken Francese topped with mozzarella and cherry peppers or veal chop smothered with prosciutto, mozzarella and truffle-mushroom Marsala sauce. Emilio’s Ballato on Houston Street opened as Ballato’s in 1956 and was bought in 1992 by Vitolo’s father, Emilio. Since then, it has become a celebrity magnet, attracting the likes of George Clooney, Bobby Flay, Gigi Hadid, Billy Joel, Rihanna, Jerry Seinfeld, Martha Stewart, Taylor Swift and Jeremy Allen White. Read the full story at the link in bio. (Photo credit:...