Chef Anthony Bucco, whose distinguished career includes the North Jersey gems Ryland Inn and Restaurant Latour, has had longtime plans to open Felina, a contemporary Italian bar-restaurant, in Ridgewood, N.J. The project has been beset by delays. It's now up for November.

Meanwhile, his business partners, developers Frank and Jeanne Cretella, had a vacant restaurant space, the old Mansion Inn at 9 S. Main St. in New Hope, an hour and a half away. The Cretellas, who also own Logan Inn and Hotel du Village in the borough, are renovating the mid-19th-century mansion, which has guest rooms on upper floors and last was used as a tea room.