UPPER WEST SIDE — A new Italian restaurant is opening in the space that had been home to India Cafe for three decades.
Mezzogiorno, the new eatery on Broadway near West 107th Street, will serve Florentine and Tuscan fare, explained owner Nicola Ansuini, who hails from Florence. The menu includes a Florentine Bistecca, a Tuscan steak dish known for its tenderness and flavor, he said.
As for the space itself, Ansuini updated the space's enclosed cafe. He plans to have 15 tables in that section, and room for 75 seats in the main dining and bar area, he said.
"We are not going to be a late-night place," Ansuini told members of Community Board 7 at a meeting Wednesday.
Mezzogiorno will stay open from noon until 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.
India Cafe shuttered in August 2013, and Ansuini signed a lease there six months later, he said. Then, renovations started on the space, including fixing its aging roof and modifying the windows in the cafe so that they can open.
Mezzogiorno will open its doors in early July, according to Ansuini.
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