![]() “The idea we had is that we have the best pizza in San Diego from Buona Forchetta, and we have the high-end expensive restaurant in Bice, and we meet each other in the middle - an affordable meal but still with the authenticity of the pizza and Italian food at an affordable price,” Cassineri said. Both a co-owner and executive chef at Bice, Cassineri said the intent is to create a more-relaxed dining venue that will be appealing to families and will play to the strengths of both Bice and Buona Forchetta. That would be Mario Cassineri of Bice, a more formal dining spot whose pasta, meat and seafood dishes, along with its sophisticated selection of Italian cheeses, will be showcased at the new restaurant but at much more affordable prices. ![]() ![]() “I didn’t want to do it by myself, so Mario and I thought, let’s do something together.” “Liberty Station came to us because they wanted a pizzeria here, and they’re trying to bring in big names, they want to create an attraction,” said Cattaneo, whose restaurant is known for its domed, gold-tiled pizza oven. View the photo gallery: Restaurant owners gone wild.Sort of. It is also in the same area where San Diego’s first food hall, Liberty Public Market, is set to debut in late October, and a new offering from the rapidly expanding group of Patio restaurants is due to open next month. The still-unnamed restaurant is the latest addition to the Point Loma development’s growing stable of high-profile food and beverage destinations that is helping elevate it as a go-to destination for foodies.īuona Forchetta owner Matteo Cattaneo said Liberty Station’s developer, The Corky McMillin Cos., reached out to him as part of an ongoing effort to bring some of San Diego’s stronger restaurateurs to the northern end of Liberty Station. Buona Forchetta, a South Park pizzeria that has drawn crowds from the day it opened more than two years ago, is partnering with the owner of Bice, a well-regarded, fine-dining Italian restaurant in downtown San Diego, on a new casual concept for Liberty Station.
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