Luciano's has opened in Southend.  We have chronicled the many delays and postponements this restaurant encountered but good things come to those that wait.  Initial reports are Luciano's has great food and outstanding service at a reasonable price point. 

  We have known about Al's Pizza looking for the exit door for 3 months now because restaurants are our business at Legacy Real Estate Advisors (cheap plug.)  They have finally shut down operations.  Libretto's Pizzeria is going to take over the troubl

Our readers know we tend to focus on restaurants within the limits of Charlotte proper here at Restaurant Traffic. But when we find a winner in one of the outlying areas around Mecklenburg County we don't hesitate to share with the RT faithful. Trattoria Anti

I drive by Luciano's at least twice a day and hope to see a now open sign but sadly every day I am disappointed.  I have no idea what is taking this place so long to open the doors.  I can see the construction stickers still on the windows.  For those of y

Better late than never the saying goes.  Well Luciano's has finally set a tentative opening date of "sometime in late March" according to a spokesman we talked to last week.  Luciano's is going into the former La Paz site on South Boulevard right next to Su

If you want to a clear demonstration of the standard of service and cuisine required to not only survive as a restaurant, but to thrive and succeed in these strange times, one needs to give serious consideration to Ilios Noche. I must confess that up until th

Luciano's Ristorante Italiano has had some bumps in the road in trying to open.  They were scheduled to open several months ago but due to some ill fated delays are still in the construction phase.  Restaurant Traffic stopped in to check on how the construc

Portofino's at the Arboretum reopened today after a patron tried to self install a drive thru.  Yes that is an actual picture of a car that drove right thru the front of the building.  Luckily nobody was hurt and the restaurant was only closed for a short t

Newly expanded and remodeled Ilios Noche recently brought on Patrick Denetre as their new General Manager.  Ilios celebrated 10 years in business by adding much needed space to their original location.  Denetre  or "Frenchy" has been in the restaurant busi

We have been hearing rumors that owner Martin Sprock had been thinking about putting another concept in where his The Italian Pie restaurant was on East Blvd.  Sprock who started Moe's Southwest Grill, The Flying Biscuit and Monkey Joe's and several other co