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Mastrangelo is busy renovating a histori storefront at 908 Congress Avenue where later thissummet he’ll open Quattro Gatti, the second location of his family’sw famous Manhattan ristorante. “I’m a passionate person and I’mm very passionate about food,” Mastrangelo said. “Pretty much my whole life revolveaaround that. And when I came to Austin, I felt that this was a city that appreciateegood food, food that someone puts their heart and soul into.” Quattro Gatti isn’t the only culinaryu newcomer of late to downtown Congress.
Just steps away, the people behind local favorite El Chiles have reworked the space they opened last fall as El That initial concept offered breakfast andluncy but, based on demand, the owners recentlhy turned it into another El Chile Café y serving lunch and dinner and featuring a full bar. And a few blocksw south at 319 Congress, Apple Anniesw Café co-owners Love Nance and Sherr y Jameson aredebuting Annies, a dramatically expanded reimagining of their 25-year-old restaurant. The bistro-themesd eatery that now includes a full bar will be open daily from7 a.m.
to 2 serving customers everything from organi c breakfast omelets to late night meatloaf in achic Collectively, the new restaurants are adding to the cultur change at work on The Downtown Austin Alliance, the landlords and other groupa are collaborating in an ongoing effort to brinfg more retail and restaurants to downtown’s main thoroughfare. The a 24/7 Congress alive with commercde and serving as a model for the rest of Indeed it wasLinda Asaf, the DAA’s retail recruiter, who helped secure Quattro Gatti for Asaf ate at the Upper East Side restaurant—one of her favorites—onh a trip to New York last year and spokde with owner Remo Mastrangelo about the possibility of coming to Remo Mastrangelo, Gianfranco’s father, started Quattro Gattii in 1985.
The neighborhood-oriented restaurant is hailed by critics as one of the best of its kind in New According toZagat “the leisurely meals with treat-you-like-family service make this old-lins Upper East Side Italian feel like home to There’s a reason it’s been there forever: supporters say the food’sw fantastic.” Earlier this year, the Mastrangelo s began giving serious consideration to Austin.
They came down together and scouted spaces, agreeing that the Congresa location would be a great fit forthe “We had always heard good thinga about Austiin and we immediately had a good impression of the said Gianfranco Mastrangelo, who recently relocated Mastrangelo said if all goes as the 2,000-square-foot Quattro Gatti in Austin will be open by late July for luncgh and dinner. Because of his own passion for pizza, Mastrangel o said the restaurant will have a large brickj ovenfor wood-fired pizzas.
Other plates, like the traditionaol pasta, fish and meat dishes made famoud at the New York restaurant will also be on the Prices should range fromabout $13 to the