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Salice recently opened at 1722 28th Ave. S. after rebranding from Luca Lagotto in late spring. Chef Rita Bernhardt, Little Donkey chef Joshua Gentry and developer Mike Mouron formed a new ownership group, separating the restaurant from the financially troubled Pihakis Restaurant Group. Bernhardt remains as executive chef. The name Salice is Italian for “willow.”
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El Barrio and Paramount recently opened at 195 Oxmoor Road, anchoring the West Row development on the former Econo Lodge site. El Barrio serves multiregional Mexican-Southern fusion, and Paramount is a retro arcade bar with comfort food. Each seats approximately 100. The restaurants are part of a $32.5 million mixed-use development…