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New Italian restaurant in Northern Michigan has classic flavors, beach-perfect takeout
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FRANKFORT, MI - As a longtime vacationer in Frankfort, there were many times Ed Carrella walked along Main Street and wished there was a classic Italian restaurant – someplace where the flavors of olive oil, garlic and herbs married in the Old World tastes he remembered from his own family’s early restaurant days.
Carrella just never imagined he’d be the one opening that kind of dining experience and to-go marketplace in this Northern Michigan beachfront spot that is now his new hometown. Carrella and business partner Tim Potter launched Vita Bella Italian Kitchen and Market in downtown Frankfort in March.
Authentic Italian food comes to Frankfort
Vita Bella offers wood fired pizza, pasta and Italian street food
March 4, 2021
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Bucatini carbonara, spaghetti served in a creamy egg and cheese based sauce served with pancetta (cured pork belly), is one of the specialty pasta dishes available at Vita Bella. (Courtesy Photo) Show MoreShow Less
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Fritto Misto, lightly fried fish, shrimp and calamari mixed with fried onions and zucchini, is one of the Neapolitan street foods Vita Bella serves as an appetizer or take out. (Courtesy Photo)
FRITTO MISTO
Lightly breaded fried calamari, shrimp, fish, onions, and zucchini, served with a chili aioli or marinara. Show MoreShow Less
Authentic Italian food coming to Frankfort
Vita Bella offers wood fired pizza, pasta and Italian street food
Colin Merry, cmerry@pioneergroup.com
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Neapolitan style pizzas with a variety of toppings cooked in a wood-fired oven is one of the specialty items available at Vita Bella in Frankfort.Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less
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Bucatini carbonara, spaghetti served in a creamy egg and cheese based sauce served with pancetta (cured pork belly), is one of the specialty pasta dishes available at Vita Bella.Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less
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Fritto Misto, lightly fried fish, shrimp and calamari mixed with fried onions and zucchini, is one of the Neapolitan street foods Vita Bella serves as an appetizer or take out.Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less
LOVES PARK A small but appreciative group of hungry customers pondered the selections on their dinner menus late Wednesday afternoon inside Nunzio’s Restaurant, 5800 N. Second St.
The eatery, which specializes in pizza, pasta, steak and seafood, greeted indoor diners for the first time since October.
Restaurants in Illinois have not been permitted to open their dining rooms for most of the past 10 months due to restrictions designed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
“It’s been very challenging,” proprietor Nunzio Canale said. “First, you’re trying to keep your employees happy and safe and, at the same time, you’re trying to keep your customers happy and safe while still trying to make money. It’s been difficult.”