New Italian Restaurant To Open In Hampton Bays This Fall - 27 East

New Italian Restaurant To Open In Hampton Bays This Fall

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A rendering of what the new Italian restaurant is going to look like. COURTESY OF JOHN TORTORELLA

A rendering of what the new Italian restaurant is going to look like. COURTESY OF JOHN TORTORELLA

The new restaurant will have an outside area with a fire place and a flat screen TV. COURTESY OF JOHN TORTORELLA

The new restaurant will have an outside area with a fire place and a flat screen TV. COURTESY OF JOHN TORTORELLA

A new Italian restaurant is opening where Villa Tuscano used to operate. AMANDA BERNOCCO

A new Italian restaurant is opening where Villa Tuscano used to operate. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Workers outside of the old Villa Tuscano restaurant. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Workers outside of the old Villa Tuscano restaurant. AMANDA BERNOCCO

authorAmanda Bernocco on Jun 22, 2016
A new Italian restaurant is scheduled to open its doors this fall in the Hampton Bays building that formerly housed another Italian eatery, Villa Tuscano. John Tortorella, who also owns... more

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