The teams behind the Ciccio Restaurant Group and Forbici Modern Italian have opened a new fast-casual restaurant concept in St. Petersburg. Jason Brunetti, co-founder of the Forbici Modern Italian restaurant in Tampa’s Hyde Park Village and an owner of multiple pizzerias in New York, partnered with the Ciccio Restaurant Group (CRG) to open the fast-casual Italian restaurant Jay and Luigi at 3201 4th St. North.

CRG is a well-known local hospitality group that is the parent company of Daily Eats, Green Lemon, the Fresh Kitchen brand and concepts such as Water and Flour and Luv Child. It also created The Fly Food Hall in St. Petersburg, which houses Taco Dirty, Sweet Soul and Better Byrd.