“Maybe I’m crazy,” says Gino Angelini on a recent phone call. The 68-year-old chef-owner of the lauded Angelini Osteria on Beverly Boulevard is preparing to open an Italian restaurant in the Palisades Village this winter. “I started working in the kitchen when I was 13. You never know with the pandemic, but it will make me stronger to do it.”

Angelini partnered with friend and restaurateur Tancredi Deluca of Amici, Ombra Wine Bar and Deluca’s Deli to launch his latest project. The new Angelini Ristorante & Bar is adjacent to Hank’s Bar and Grill near the movie theater in the Caruso Pacific Palisades development, which opened in late 2018. It joins other retail and dining options including Blue Ribbon Sushi, McConnell's ice cream, the Draycott and Alfred Coffee.