A new Italian restaurant, Bella Vita Ristorante, is set to open in Union at the end of June.
The restaurant will move into the property at 9914 Old Union Road, a space that formerly housed the Farmstand Market and Cafe, which closed in December after eight years of business.
The new restaurant is the brainchild of three local men: Kevin Preston, John Daugherty and Rob Trump. Preston is the founder and president of Premier Gaming Group, which operates the Louisiana Downs Race Track and Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana. Daugherty works in construction and Trump works in the mortgage business, but the restaurant itself was a joint venture between the three men as individuals and friends.
The project, Trump said, was “doing something fun that we think that the community needs, and it’s all coming from inside–love.”…