Piccolo, a small "modern classic" Italian restaurant with influences from Calabria and Abruzzi, had a soft opening last night and will open to the public tomorrow at 5 p.m. The highly anticipated spot is from the husband and wife team of Damian Sansonetti and Ilma Lopez. It's the first time Sansonetti and Lopez have worked together professionally since he was sous chef and she was sous pastry chef at DB Bistro in NYC eight years ago, back before they even began dating.

The two resettled in Maine last year and, more recently, had their first child. Sansonetti opened the casual Blue Rooster Food Co. earlier this year and Lopez was the pastry chef at Grace before going on maternity leave.

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Source: http://maine.eater.com