Bella Rosa, one of my favorite restaurants as well as my wife’s, has apparently been sold! My wife was driving by and noticed the signage was down and the windows were covered with white paper. While we surmised that it could be a remodel during Thanksgiving restaurant dead-time, the lack of outside signage made us worried. So I called… and found out the horrible truth! Not sure on the details yet, but apparently Atouani and Ali Chalal, the owners, are moving out of state somewhere. At least that’s what the woman who answered the phone said.
No idea if they’ll still have fine Moroccan delicacies such as Cous Cous Merguez (one of my favorites) or Shrimp Pilpil, or even the Italian dishes like Vitello ala Dolce Vita.
Ah well… it was the restaurant at which I proposed to Mary Kaye and we’ll always have those memories. And we’ll see how things are when they reopen under new management in January… hopefully, they won’t be another clone of La Dolce Vita Salute La Piazza, which is the less good Italian place on the corner.