The location that recently housed the Cazenovia Grill restaurant is being renovated into the new home of Nirchi's Italian Grill. This is confirmed by a sign in the window of the restaurant (only visible from the inside hallway) and "Help Wanted" signs in the windows. The Syracuse.com classified also include this help-wanted ad for Nirchi's Italian Grill in Cazenovia.
Nirchi's is a chain of fast-food pizza establishments and (according to the posted sign) one fine-dining restaurant, all located in the greater Binghamton area. I grew up in that area and can confirm that Nirchi's has good pizza - but I certainly hope that whatever they are putting into the Cazenovia Grill location is more than just a pizzeria.
UPDATE: Here's a link to their "fine dining" establishment's dinner menu - it certainly looks a lot more interesting than straightforward takeout pizza: http://www.nirchisrestaurant.com/dinnermenu/
UPDATE, PART 2: It appears that Nirchi's is going to start with something considerably less ambitious than their existing "fine dining". A friend of the site asked the Nirchi family (via their web site) what the Cazenovia restaurant would be like; here's the response:
. We hope to be opening very soon. The restaurant in Cazenovia will be a little smaller menu to start than we have in our Endicott restaurant. We plan on having some of our pasta dishes, and our parmigiania dishes. We will be offering some specialty pizza also. There will also be specialty salads, wings, and such. We will also have beer and wine to start. Our final menu has not been completed, but I hope this gives you some idea. Cazenovia is beautiful, and we are looking forward to being part of the community.Posted by jimj at June 12, 2007 12:08 PM | TrackBack