Albert Di Meglio might be an alumnus of Le Cirque and Osteria del Circo, but most recently, at Rubirosa, he mined the culinary memories of his Italian-American childhood on Staten Island.

For his new restaurant on Williamsburg's South Side, slated to open next week, he traces his ancestry back to the homeland — or rather, his grandmother's birthplace of Barano, on the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples. His menu explores such sacred Italian territory as hand-pulled mozzarella, fresh pastas like mint tacconi with lamb sausage, and his grandma's meatballs.

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