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09/26/2026

🚨 THE SHOP IS CLOSED TODAY… BUT WE’RE DEFINITELY NOT TAKING THE DAY OFF! 😂🇮🇹

Today Giovanni Fresco is hitting THREE EVENTS! 🍝🔥

Come find us at:

🌽 GLENS FALLS FARMERS MARKET
⏰ 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

🍝 TROY WATERFRONT FARMERS MARKET
⏰ 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

🍺 OKTOBERFEST
⏰ 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

So yes… the shop is closed, but somehow we’re in three places at once. 😂

Come say hi, grab some Giovanni Fresco favorites, and enjoy this beautiful Saturday with us! 🇮🇹❤️

See you at the markets & Oktoberfest!

09/25/2026

🍝 TONIGHT’S MOOD: AMATRICIANA & NO REGRETS 🍝

A taste of home, straight from Amatrice in the province of Rieti — our hometown. 🇮🇹❤️

💥 $39.99 SPECIALS 💥

❤️ DINNER FOR TWO — $39.99
🍝 2 Amatriciana pastas
🍖 2 homemade meatballs
🥗 Salad
🥖 Bread or dinner rolls
🍰 2 sfogliatelle or 1 tiramisù

✨ Upgrade to fresh pasta for $5!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FAMILY FEAST — $39.99
🍝 Half tray of Rigatoni all’Amatriciana
🍖 6 homemade meatballs
🥖 Fresh Italian bread

✨ Upgrade to fresh pasta for $10!

🔥 EXTRAS
🥗 Garlic bread + Caesar or garden salad — $12
🍝 Fresh pasta — $10

📞 518-409-8123
📍 47 Lawrence St, Glens Falls
🕚 Open 11:00 AM–6:00 PM

Come try it before it’s gone! 🍝

🍝 SO… WHAT IS AMATRICIANA? 🍝
(Besides the reason you’ll be back for more.)

Amatriciana was born in Amatrice, in the province of Rieti — OUR hometown, OUR home. ❤️🇮🇹

So for us, this is more than just another pasta dish.

It’s our tradition. It’s where we come from. It’s something we carry in our blood.

We grew up with these flavors. They remind us of home, of family, of the food on the table, and of the place that made us who we are.

And now, thousands of miles away, we get to bring a little piece of Rieti to Glens Falls and share it with all of you. ❤️

🔥 What makes a real Amatriciana?

🥓 Guanciale — crispy, rich, salty cured pork cheek.
(Not bacon… please don’t start. 😂)

🍅 Tomato sauce — simple and rich, soaking up all that beautiful flavor from the guanciale.

🧀 Pecorino Romano — salty, sharp, and absolutely non-negotiable.

🍝 Pasta — coated in that beautiful sauce so every bite gets a little bit of everything.

No cream.
No complicated ingredients.
No nonsense.

Just a few simple ingredients that, when done right, create one of the greatest pasta dishes Lazio has ever given the world.

💛 This isn’t just food for us.

This is our hometown on a plate.
This is Rieti.
This is tradition.
This is a little piece of home.

And today, we’re sharing it with you. 🇮🇹❤️

Come try it before we run out…

09/24/2026

🍂 AUTUMN IS HERE… AND CHICKEN PARM IS CALLING. 🇮🇹🍗

A little sunshine, a little chill in the air… yep, fall has officially arrived. 🍁

But don’t worry — if that cool September breeze has you feeling chilly, come warm your soul the Italian way:

WITH CHICKEN PARM. 😂❤️

📍 Giovanni Fresco’s
47 Lawrence St, Glens Falls
🕚 OPEN TODAY 11:00 AM–6:00 PM
📞 518-409-8123

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🔥 CHICKEN PARM DAY — $39.99 SPECIALS 🔥

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FAMILY CHICKEN PARM SPECIAL — $39.99

🍗 Half Tray Homemade Chicken Parm
🍝 Side of Ziti
🍞 Fresh Italian Bread

Homemade Chicken Parm.
Real mozzarella.
Our homemade sauce.
Enough to feed the family.

And most importantly…

NO COOKING. NO DISHES. JUST EAT. 😂

➕ Add Garlic Bread + Caesar or Garden Salad — $12

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❤️ DINNER FOR TWO — $39.99 ❤️

🍗 2 Homemade Chicken Parmigiana
🍝 Side of Pasta
🥗 Fresh Salad
🍞 Bread or Dinner Rolls

🍰 DESSERT INCLUDED
• 2 Sfogliatelle
OR
• 1 Tiramisù

Perfect weather for a cozy date night…

And by “date night,” we absolutely mean Chicken Parm on the couch, sweatpants on, pretending tomorrow’s problems don’t exist. 😂🍂

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🍝 UPGRADE TO FRESH HOMEMADE PASTA

Spaghetti • Fettuccine • Pappardelle

➕ Family Special: +$10
➕ Dinner for Two: +$5

🍰 Full Tray Tiramisù — +$15
🍰 Individual Tiramisù — +$6

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🔥 TODAY ONLY • UNTIL SOLD OUT 🔥

🍂 Fall is here.
☀️ The sun is shining.
🥶 It’s just chilly enough to make comfort food sound REALLY good.

So enjoy this beautiful autumn day…

Then come warm your soul with some Chicken Parm. 🇮🇹🍗❤️

YOU BRING THE SWEATER.
WE’LL BRING THE PARM. 😂🍂

09/23/2026

🚨 SOMEHOW… WE MADE IT. 😂🇮🇹

After what feels like 47 caterings, 83 events, farmers markets, and life happening all at once…

WE ARE OPEN TODAY! ❤️

⏰ Opening a little late today at 12:00 PM, but we’re here!

And believe it or not, we SHOULD be back to our good old Wednesday–Saturday schedule again. 😂🙏

You guys have kept us insanely busy lately, and we seriously can’t thank you enough for all the support.

So, as our little “please forgive us for disappearing” gift…

🍝 FREE FRESH SPAGHETTI UPGRADE ALL WEEK! 🍝

Order ANY Family Special this week and we’ll swap the regular pasta for our homemade fresh spaghetti — NO EXTRA CHARGE!

📍 Giovanni Fresco’s
📍 47 Lawrence St, Glens Falls
🕛 OPEN TODAY 12:00–6:00 PM

❤️ DINNER FOR TWO — $39.99 ❤️

🍝 Two Lasagnas or Two Eggplant Parmigiana or One of each
🍖 4 Homemade Meatballs
🥗 Side Salad
🥖 Fresh Italian Bread
🍰 Dessert: 2 Sfogliatelle or 1 Tiramisu

🍝🔥 FAMILY MEATBALL NIGHT — $39.99 🔥🍝

🍅 Ziti with Tomato Basil Sauce
🍖 20 Homemade Meatballs
🥖 Fresh Italian Bread

✨ Add Salad + Garlic Knots — $12
✨ Fresh Spaghetti Upgrade — FREE THIS WEEK!

🔥 STILL $39.99 DESPITE INFLATION! 🔥

Come see us before we get invited to another event and disappear again. 😂

Just kidding.

…hopefully. 🇮🇹❤️

09/17/2026

🇮🇹❤️ CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEK — FOR A VERY SPECIAL REASON ❤️🇮🇹

This week is a busy one for Giovanni Fresco! Between catering events, a gala, special events, and our usual farmers markets, we already have plenty on our plates. 🍝😂

But there’s another reason we decided to keep the shop closed to the public this week…

Our little Gabriele officially became a BIG BOY. 🥹❤️

For the very first time, we’re bringing him to daycare.

And if you know us, you know how much our family means to us. This is a HUGE change for him… but maybe an even bigger one for Mom & Dad. 😂😭

Since it’s his first week, we want to be present, nearby, and available for him while he gets comfortable with this brand-new adventure. Business is incredibly important to us, but these are moments with our little guy that we’ll never get back.

So this week, we’re giving ourselves a little flexibility to be Mom & Dad first. ❤️

Wish Gabriele good luck on his new adventure…

…but honestly, PLEASE wish Mom & Dad even more luck. 😂😭❤️
We’re emotional. We’re nervous. We’re proud. And we’re definitely not ready for how fast this little guy is growing up.

You can still find us out and about at our events and farmers markets this week! 🇮🇹🍝

And hopefully, if everything goes smoothly 🤞, we’ll see you back at the shop next week during our regular hours:

📅 Wednesday–Saturday
🕚 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Thank you, as always, for understanding and for supporting not only our little family business… but our family behind it. ❤️🇮🇹

See you next week!

— Giovanni, Francesca & our big boy Gabriele ❤️

09/13/2026

Coming soon

Big plans for Giovanni_fresco next year with a mural by Hannah Williams Artistry on the Lawrence Street side of the building, just 1 block West of The Shirt Factory.

09/12/2026

🚨 THE SHOP IS CLOSED TODAY… BUT WE’RE DEFINITELY NOT TAKING THE DAY OFF. 😂🇮🇹

Apparently being closed means we decided to be in THREE PLACES AT ONCE today. 🤌😂

🔒 Giovanni Fresco’s shop is CLOSED TODAY for a PRIVATE EVENT! 🎉🍝

BUT… if you woke up thinking:

“I really need some fresh pasta, meatballs and Italian food in my life today…”

First of all, we understand. 😂❤️
Second… WE GOT YOU.

🛍️ FIND US AT TWO FARMERS MARKETS TODAY!

🌿 GLENS FALLS FARMERS MARKET
⏰ 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

🍅 TROY WATERFRONT FARMERS MARKET
⏰ 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Two markets.
One private event.
One Italian family questioning why we thought this was a good idea. 😂🇮🇹

But the pasta is fresh, the food is ready, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. ❤️

Come say CIAO, grab your Giovanni Fresco favorites, and stock up for the weekend!

📍 SHOP CLOSED TODAY — SATURDAY
🎉 Closed for a Private Event
🛍️ Catch us in Glens Falls Farmers' Market 8–12 or Troy Waterfront Farmers Market 9–2

SEE YOU AT THE MARKETS! 🇮🇹🍝❤️

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09/11/2026

☀️ IT’S TOO NICE OUT TO BE STANDING OVER A STOVE. 🇮🇹🍗

Seriously… look outside.

Sunshine. ☀️
Beautiful September weather.
Not freezing. Not 95 degrees. Not raining sideways.

UPSTATE NEW YORK IS GIVING US ONE OF THE GOOD ONES. 😂

So please… don’t waste it figuring out what to make for dinner.

Go for a walk. Sit outside. Grab a drink. Let the kids burn off some energy. Do absolutely nothing. 😂

WE’VE GOT DINNER.

📍 Giovanni Fresco’s
47 Lawrence St, Glens Falls
🕚 OPEN TODAY 11:00 AM–6:00 PM
📞 518-409-8123

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🍗🇮🇹 IT’S CHICKEN PARM FRIDAY! 🇮🇹🍗

🔥 FAMILY CHICKEN PARM SPECIAL — $39.99

🍗 Half Tray Homemade Chicken Parm
🍝 Side of Ziti
🍞 Fresh Italian Bread

That’s dinner for the family for $39.99.

And nobody had to cook.

Which also means nobody has to hear:

“WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR DINNER?”

“I DON’T KNOW… WHAT DO YOU WANT?”

😂😂😂

Problem solved.

➕ Add Garlic Bread + Caesar or Garden Salad — $12

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❤️ DINNER FOR TWO — $39.99

🍗 2 Homemade Chicken Parmigiana
🍝 Side of Pasta
🥗 Fresh Salad
🍞 Bread or Dinner Rolls

AND DESSERT 👇

🍰 2 Sfogliatelle
OR
🍰 1 Tiramisù

Romantic dinner for two? ❤️

Absolutely.

Two exhausted parents eating Chicken Parm on the couch after the kids finally go to sleep?

ALSO ABSOLUTELY. 😂🍷

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🍝 UPGRADE TO OUR FRESH HOMEMADE PASTA

Spaghetti • Fettuccine • Pappardelle

➕ Family Special: +$10
➕ Dinner for Two: +$5

🍰 Full Tray Tiramisù — +$15
🍰 Individual Tiramisù — +$6

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🔥 TODAY ONLY • UNTIL SOLD OUT 🔥

☀️ The sun is out.
🍗 The Chicken Parm is ready.
👨‍🍳 And your kitchen can take the night off.

Enjoy the beautiful day…

WE’LL HANDLE DINNER. 🇮🇹❤️

See you at Giovanni Fresco’s!

09/09/2026

🚨 PLOT TWIST… WE’RE CLOSED TODAY! 🚨

We fully plan on being at The Shirt Factory tomorrow for the last Food Corral of the season!!

We also fully planned on a quick trip to NYC to bring family to catch their flight home.

Apparently, NYC did not agree with our definition of “quick.” 😂🗽

So… Giovanni Fresco’s will be CLOSED TODAY.

But sometimes life — and family — has other plans. ❤️

Living far away from family means that when we get the chance to have them here, every extra hour together feels a little more special. Yesterday was supposed to be a simple goodbye and a drive to the airport… and somehow turned into one more little NYC adventure, a few more laughs, a few more memories, and a little more time together before having to say goodbye. 🇮🇹❤️🇺🇸

And looking at these pictures, especially seeing Gabry enjoying these moments with his family, we decided that the pasta can wait one more day. 🍝😂

Family came first yesterday… and apparently they’re still making us late for work today. 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

Thank you for understanding and for always supporting our little family AND our little Italian business. ❤️

We’ll be back tomorrow, rested, caffeinated ☕️, slightly less emotional about the goodbyes… and ready to feed you again. 🇮🇹🍝

CLOSED TODAY — SEE YOU TOMORROW! ❤️

📍 Giovanni Fresco’s
47 Lawrence St, Glens Falls