With an inventive Italian American menu, an open space full of rustic and industrial touches, and a pizza oven turning out imaginative wood-fired pizzas (and other food), Novecento Wood Burning Kitchen & Bar recently opened in Shrub Oak.

The partners in the venture, Chef Vincent Gaudio and Barbara Delgaltini, have worked together at a number of other Westchester Italian restaurants. When it came time to open their own place, Delgaltini says, “Our vision was to open a place with a Lower Manhattan vibe.”