Sicilian dishes are on the menu at Mari BYO, a new restaurant in Queen Village
Chef-owner Kevin Addis maintained the open kitchen and similarly cozy environs of the former Dmitri's location.
The northeast corner of Third and Catharine Streets in Queen Village has new life, nine months after the pioneering Dmitri’s packed it in after three decades.
Kevin Addis, chef-owner of Entree BYOB on South Street near 16th, just opened Mari BYO.
It’s Sicilian-inspired with lots of seafood, such as grilled octopus over bucatini, calamari in a balsamic reduction, tuna with calamari and mussels in a fra diavolo sauce. Entrées are in the $20s, and there’s a $40 three-course option. It opens at 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday.
Addis maintained the open kitchen and similarly cozy environs — which you’ll see when indoor dining is permitted.
For now, he has a few two-tops and four-tops outside, reservable on OpenTable, which also has the menu.
After seven years with Entree, the Ardmore native said he was ready to add a second restaurant.
“Everybody’s been telling me, ‘Why don’t you open a bigger place?’ " Addis said. “But I want to go smaller. Thirty seats is perfect.”