Up in Kellerville, construction has finally started on what's expected to be the next Napa heavyweight restaurant, Laura Cunningham's Vita. Set in the old PJ Steak building, just on down the road from the French Laundry, the remodel is expected to be an extensive one (update/clarification: namely, that it's ready to be demolished), with Cunningham (a vet of the Laundry and Lord Keller's fiance) installing all kinds of amenities (pizza oven, pizza bar) into her upscale 130-seat Italian restaurant. The photos above were taken earlier this month, and can serve as "the before pictures" of the property. More recently, Napa sources say that windows and roof tile have been stripped in anticipation of the big work. The latest estimates have a summertime arrival.
· All Coverage of Vita [~ESF~]
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