by Ed Bedford

Is Little Italy on the move or what? Latest opening is at the Piazza Basilone (named for San Diego's Italian-American war hero). It's in the spot that was Zia's, on the corner of India and Fir. This is Civico 1845. (Pronounce it "CHEE-vee-ko," they say). Sounds historic, right? Wrong. "That's just our street number," says this guy Dario.

"And 'Civico' just means 'house' or 'house number' in Italian." So, okay: "House number 1845." First off, this "house" is crowded tonight. Could be first blush, but Dario, who's standing next to the only spare bar stool left in the place, says it's been like this every day since they opened a couple of weeks ago.

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