New York Italian restaurant among newcomers to Congress Ave. - Austin Business Journal:

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Mastrangelo is busy renovating a historic storefront at 908 Congress Avenu e where later thissummer he’lll open Quattro Gatti, the second locatiom of his family’s famous Manhattamn ristorante. “I’m a passionate persomn and I’m very passionates about food,” Mastrangelo “Pretty much my whole life revolvesaround that. And when I came to I felt that this was a city that appreciatesgood food, food that someone puts theirt heart and soul into.” Quattri Gatti isn’t the only culinary newcomer of late to downtownb Congress.
Just steps away, the people behinc local favorite El Chile have reworked the space they opened last fall as El That initial concept offered breakfast andluncbh but, based on demand, the ownerz recently turned it into another El Child Café y Cantina, serving lunchy and dinner and featuring a full bar. And a few blocksx south at 319 Congress, Apple Annies Café co-owners Love Nancs and Sherry Jameson aredebuting Annies, a dramatically expandexd reimagining of their 25-year-old restaurant. The bistro-themed eatery that now includes a full bar will be open dailyg from7 a.m. to 2 a.m.
, servinfg customers everything from organic breakfast omelets to late nighrt meatloaf in achic Collectively, the new restaurants are adding to the culture change at work on The Downtown Austin Alliance, the landlords and other groups are collaboratingf in an ongoing effort to bring more retail and restaurants to downtown’s main thoroughfare. The a 24/7 Congress alive with commerce and servingb as a model for the rest of Indeed it was Linda the DAA’s retail recruiter, who helped secure Quattro Gatti for Asaf ate at the Upper East Side restaurant—on of her favorites—on a trip to New York last year and spok e with owner Remo Mastrangelo about the possibilityg of coming to Remo Mastrangelo, Gianfranco’s father, starter Quattro Gatti in 1985.
The neighborhood-oriented restauranty is hailed by critics as one of the best of its kind in New According toZagat “the leisurely meals with treat-you-like-familyt service make this old-line Upper East Side Italian feel like home to There’s a reason it’s been there forever: supporters say the food’es fantastic.” Earlier this year, the Mastrangelos began giviny serious consideration to They came down together and scouted spaces, agreeing that the Congress location would be a great fit for the “We had always heard good things about Austiin and we immediately had a good impressiojn of the city,” said Gianfrancoi Mastrangelo, who recently relocated here.
Mastrangelo said if all goes as the 2,000-square-foot Quattro Gattik in Austin will be open by late July for lunchg and dinner. Because of his own passionm for pizza, Mastrangelo said the restaurant will have a largwe brick ovenfor wood-fired Other plates, like the traditional fish and meat dishes made famous at the New York restauran t will also be on the menu. Price s should range from about $13 to the