South Boulder is getting a red-sauce restaurant, which, depending on your relationship to mozzarella, may qualify as excellent news.
Morso, the newest concept from chef and restaurateur Hosea Rosenberg and Little Piggy Hospitality — the team behind Blackbelly and Santo — is slated to open in June at 627 A South Broadway in the Table Mesa Shopping Center, in the former Under the Sun space.
Morso, which means “bite” in Italian, is being billed as an Italian American “red sauce joint,” though the phrase can conjure anything from checkered tablecloth nostalgia to a plate of pasta the size of a hubcap. In this case, the team seems to be aiming for something broader and more polished, a neighborhood restaurant with wood-fired pizzas, pastas, parmigianas, cocktails and a menu that holds up well to group indecision and aggressive plate-sharing.
For Rosenberg, the appeal of the location was practical, while the inspiration for the restaurant was personal…