Next month, downtown Landrum will get a little taste of New York and a little taste of Italy. Brian Frascino, an Italian from New York, is opening Biazzo, a New York style Italian deli, where he can share a bit of his roots with locals. Biazzo is expected to open around the end of August, in the space on Rutherford Street formerly home to Mocha’s Mug Coffee Shop.

During the third week of June, Franscino had the walls painted, changed the lighting, and renovated the bathrooms. Frascino is originally from New York but moved to Greenville, South Carolina about eight years ago, where he owned a food truck called Fam Pizza. At the end of last year, he sold the food truck so he could venture forward in the evolution of the restaurant business.