BRIDGEPORT — For the past several months, Franco's Ristorante has been undergoing a major transformation.
Driving or walking down 31st Street, you might have noticed the covered windows and new paint job — but the restaurant now has a swank new sign.
Take a look:
"I’m taking my time on it," said Frank A. Ruffolo, the son of owners Frank and Jeanine Ruffolo. "We want to open and have a good opening."
He's been "tying up loose ends" with the menu and decor, he said.
Running the restaurant at 300 W. 31st St. since 1989, the Ruffolo family plans to re-open the restaurant in March.
The family decided to give the business a facelift last year, slapping on new paint, removing awnings to allow more light into the restaurant and revealing a 26-year-old mural inspired by Jeanine Ruffolo’s father, Santo “Sonny” Damico, who spent years running a produce stall at Chicago’s famed South Water Market.
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