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A Roman-Styled Italian Restaurant and Bar Is Coming to Little Italy
A brand new Italian restaurant is placing the ending touches on its prime nook of Little Italy with the objective of opening subsequent month. Roman Wolves is touchdown on the junction of Fir and Kettner within the Broadstone constructing changing the Heights, a short-tenured modern European restaurant that took over the area from Cafe Gratitude, which shuttered in early 2023.
The 4,000-square-foot website has been fully redesigned, with a bigger bar and lounge space that may revolve round cocktails made with Italian spirits and quite a lot of decrease ABV spritzes. For many who can’t cease eager about the Roman Empire, the decor will incorporate components of historical Rome in addition to up to date particulars impressed by Italy’s capital metropolis.
Proprietor Nino Cusimano additionally operates Rusticucina, an Italian spot on Park Boulevard whose menu displays his Sicilian heritage. For Roman Wolves, he and chef Enrico de Santis are constructing a menu devoted to Roman delicacies that may embody a number of the classics that outline its gastronomy, from cacio e pepe and pasta carbonara to saltimbocca, pinsa alla mortazza, or Roman-style flatbread folded round mortadella, and rice balls known as suppli, a well-liked avenue meals snack.
When it opens in February, the restaurant will serve dinner nightly, with lunch provided on weekends and a day by day afternoon blissful hour.