Recent Press
Second Annual Opera Contest Winner Named
08.28.09
Wayne resident Laurice Kennel has been named the grand prize winner in the 2009 “Opera Evenings” singing competition, held on Wednesdays throughout the month of August at the Paoli location. Kennel took home the top prize, a subscription for two to the 2009-2010 season of the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Opera at the Academy series, and a two-night stay at the spectacular Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview hotel, during the contest’s finale on Wednesday, August 26.
The second annual “Opera Evenings” contest invited local opera singers to compete in an “American Idol”-style singing competition in which the participants sang arias for the restaurant’s dining guests. The top three singers from each semifinal evening moved on to compete in the finale. Guests voted for their favorite performers while being treated to a six-course meal that included opera-inspired dishes.
To view videos of the finalists on You Tube, visit www.youtube.com/tsannicola.
High School and College Art Contest Reception Held
03.10.09
Winners of a high school and college art contest were recognized at a dessert reception held in their honor on Sunday, March 8 at the Paoli location. The reception was attended by U.S. Congressman Jim Gerlach, who presented the students with their awards, as well as representatives from Willistown Township. Contest judges and local artists Karl Klingelhoeffer and Ardyth Sobyak were also on hand to congratulate the students on their hard work. Accomplished area artist Anita McGinn-Natali, a fine-art oil painter, offered the students words of wisdom and inspiration.
More than 70 entries were received from students on the Main Line and throughout Chester County. Awards were presented in two categories, fine art and digital graphics, at three different grade levels: grades 9-10, grades 11-12 and college. Contest sponsors, who also donated prizes for the winners, included the Wayne Art Center, the Main Line Art Center, Wayne Art Supplies and the Chester County Art Association.
Congratulations to the all the winners: Courtney Reid (fine arts, college), Hugh Phelan (fine arts, ninth and tenth grade), Christie McConnell (fine arts, eleventh and twelfth grade), Amanda Segner (digital graphics, ninth and tenth grade), and Taramin Stuber (digital graphics, eleventh and twelfth grade); and to all who took home second and third place awards and honorable mentions. Their works were on display at San Nicola Paoli throughout the month of March.
And the Winners Are
01.14.09
Outstanding chefs of Sodexo Senior Services were honored recently at a gala awards dinner hosted by the company at Trattoria San Nicola in Paoli. The chefs were the top winners in Sodexo's First Annual Star Culinary Awards competition. The winning culinarians were recognized for outstanding signature recipes they created for the competition sponsored by the international food and facilities management services firm with U.S. headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. Sodexo brought the "rock star chefs" to the Main Line for filming of their recipes at the Viking Culinary Center (Bryn Mawr) for a company-wide DVD that will be distributed this month to the more than 500 senior communities Sodexo serves throughout the nation. The filming was done by Bill duPertius of William duPertuis Productions in Wynnewood.
BYOB On Sundays at Paoli
03.20.08
Patrons are welcomed to bring up to 2 bottles per table of your favorite wine on Sundays at San Nicola in Paoli.
No corkage fee valid on Sundays only, 2 wine bottle limit per table, and BYOB NOT APPLICABLE TO PRIVATE PARTIES.