Ciccio’s To Open By Dec. 10

By Gary Nager,

If you’ve been salivating for the long-awaited new location of Ciccio’s California, at 17004 Palm Pointe Way (in the Shoppes at The Pointe plaza in Tampa Palms), your wait should just about be over as this issue is reaching your mailbox. Manager Robert Garofano says the totally revamped Ciccio’s, which will open in the former World of Beer location on Tuesday, December 10, will be a fast/casual version of its previous incarna- tions in it’s old City Plaza location (which closed in january), with a menu that no longer has all of your favorite dishes from the original Ciccio & Tony’s and none of the menu items from The Lodge.

But, Garofano assures, the concept has been streamlined and improved tremendously, as the Ciccio’s Restaurant Group (which also features The Lodge, Daily Eats, The Green Lemon and Ciccio’s/Water concepts) expands its presence in the Tampa Bay area, from S. Howard Ave. to St. Pete, Brandon and now back in New Tampa.

Garofano also says that the new Ciccio’s will not have a full-liquor bar (it will offer beer and wine only), but will once again be open for lunch, dinner and late-night dining.

For additional information, visit CiccioRestaurantGroup.com.