Bridgeville Native Fine-Tunes Caffe Amante Menu

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If you plan to open a destination restaurant, you have to have a destination chef. Greg Alauzen fits the description.

The Lamatrice family -- Angelo and sons David and Joe, who operate the Clark Bar & Grill on the North Shore -- branched out to fine dining nearly 10 years ago with the opening of Caffe Amante at Fifth Avenue Place, Downtown. Now it's time for more growth as they finish construction on two new establishments, Cioppino restaurant and Il Mercato specialty food store at the Cork Factory in the Strip District.

Overseeing the culinary side of the businesses is corporate chef Alauzen, a Bridgeville native and graduate of the Culinary Institute of …