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“Our idea is to do an enoteca,” says Conti. “An enoteca, but also a prosciutteria and fresh cheese bar.”Cece's Closet and Napra's Back and Muscle Treatment vacated adjacent storefronts last June while the building owner made changes required by ADA laws. Permits filed 4/2/13 specify change of use for both 1781-1785 Church St. If the building and change of use permits sail through planning La Nebbia plans to open this fall.
The plan is to offer a selection of 10 or so cured hams from Italy and beyond, giving guests a way to compare the various Italian versions with their counterparts from Spain, America, Germany, France and Portugal. The fresh cheese options will be similar, featuring mozzarella, burrata and ricotta — both local and Italian.
At 36 seats, La Nebbia will also feature a double-deck pizza oven, with one level for pizzas and another for roasted vegetables and a daily meat special. The oven will also churn out one more component of the restaurant: lasagna. According to Conti, he’s liked lasagna since he was a kid, but for some reason, never orders it in restaurants; he wants to offer four to five different types, be it vegetarian, sausage, meat and so on.
“We’d like to have fun with it,” he says, calling it more of a San Francisco restaurant than an “Italian” restaurant, given the local ingredients they’ll use on the pizzas and such. “We want it to be a fun place where you can go have a great glass of wine and some prosciutto — a neighborhood place, but also something different and unique.”
[Inside Scoop: La Ciccia working on a new project nearby: La Nebbia]
[NVSF: More Changes on Outer Church Street]
i stopped and talked to the construction guys a few months ago and they told me the old tenants were moving back in...so much for getting an inside scoop from them
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear La Ciccia is going to convert this to something more contemporary. Lived here for over 10 years and never visited Cece's closet or Napras.
So excited by this news.
ReplyDeleteSuch great news! Can't wait for this addition in Noe!
ReplyDeleteThis should be great. Their current popularity has outgrown their current space.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to this talented couple! Apart from serving unwaveringly delicious food, they provide a warm, welcoming and gracious atmosphere in which to enjoy it. So happy to hear they are doing so well that they are expanding. And how nice for our wonderful neighborhood to look forward to another first-rate restaurant. One more reason to love Noe!
ReplyDeleteI do hope their prices are more reasonable at the new place. their existing restaurant is very expensive and not worth it.
ReplyDeletewe love la ciccia! and we hope the new restaurant will be as good and fun as la ciccia.
ReplyDeleteIt's shame their new building, on the exterior, is not better designed: real cheesy looking crappy tile, not even installed well, and the stucco front with the curved stucco cornice.
ReplyDeleteToo bad; a missed opportunity to add some quality design to outer Church.