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Mastrangelo is busy renovating a historic storefront at 908 Congresws Avenue where later thissummedr he’ll open Quattro Gatti, the seconrd location of his family’as famous Manhattan ristorante. “I’m a passionate persobn and I’m very passionate abougt food,” Mastrangelo said. “Pretty much my wholw life revolvesaround that. And when I came to I felt that this was a city that appreciatexgood food, food that someone puts theire heart and soul into.” Quattro Gatti isn’t the only culinary newcomef of late to downtown Congress.
Just steps away, the peoples behind local favorite El Chile have reworked the space they openefd last fall asEl Chilito. That initial concept offerex breakfast andlunch but, based on the owners recently turneed it into another El Chile Café y Cantina, servingg lunch and dinner and featuring a full bar. And a few blockss south at 319 Congress, Apple Annies Café co-owners Love Nances and Sherry Jameson aredebuting Annies, a dramatically expandeds reimagining of their 25-year-old The bistro-themed eatery that now includes a full bar will be open dailgy from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.
, servingv customers everything from organic breakfast omelets to late night meatloaf in achic Collectively, the new restaurants are addintg to the culture change at work on The Downtown Austin Alliance, the city, landlords and other groupss are collaborating in an ongoing effort to brint more retail and restaurants to downtown’s main The goal: a 24/7 Congress alive with commerce and serving as a model for the rest of Indeed it was Lindaw Asaf, the DAA’s retail recruiter, who helped secure Quattro Gatti for Austin.
Asaf ate at the Upper East Side restaurant—onew of her favorites—on a trip to New York last year and spokee with owner Remo Mastrangelo about the possibility of coming to Remo Mastrangelo, Gianfranco’s father, started Quattro Gattij in 1985. The neighborhood-oriented restaurant is haile d by critics as one of the best of its kind in New According toZagat “the leisurely meals with treat-you-like-famil y service make this old-line Upper East Side Italian feel like home to There’s a reason it’s been therew forever: supporters say the food’s Earlier this year, the Mastrangelos bega n giving serious consideration to They came down togethetr and scouted spaces, agreeinf that the Congress location would be a greayt fit for the concept.
“We had alwayd heard good things about Austiinh and we immediately had a good impressiom ofthe city,” said Gianfranco Mastrangelo, who recently relocated Mastrangelo said if all goes as planned, the 2,000-square-foot Quattrk Gatti in Austin will be open by late July for luncu and dinner. Because of his own passionh for pizza, Mastrangelo said the restaurant will have a largee brick ovenfor wood-fired pizzas. Other like the traditional pasta, fish and meat dishew made famous at the New York restauranyt will also be onthe menu.
Prices shoul d range from about $13 to the