Premiere on Broadway will debut in July with Italian-American delicacies

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Premiere on Broadway will open in mid-July.

In lookup of evening meal and a exhibit? That’s what a new Somerville cafe and music lounge hopes to give locals when it opens up coming month.

In mid-July, Premiere on Broadway will make its debut in 519 on Broadway, a luxury condominium residence in Magoun Square. The newcomer aims to be a one-stop-store for eating and entertainment, featuring a a 400-seat cafe and bar and a new music lounge with a 1,700-square-foot dance ground.

Heading up the kitchen is previous Eataly Boston chef Dan Bazzinotti, who formerly cooked at Scampo, Bergamot, and Bisq. At Premiere on Broadway, Bazzinotti will emphasize his take on Italian-American cuisine, which includes the clearly show-halting charcuterie boards that he was known for at Bisq.

“[Italian-American] food stuff is my household track record,” Bazzinotti told Boston.com. “At all the family members events I went to, any individual built meatballs. My aunt produced the stuffed shells. Feeding on, specifically that sort of food stuff, was what the party was about.”

But you will not locate rooster parm at Premiere. Bazzinotti said that cooking a broad vary of Italian fare at Terra, Eataly’s Italian grill, aided to inform his eyesight of what he wants for Somerville’s new restaurant — namely, “cooking traditionally but with Italian-American model.” He’ll also be pulling from the neighborhood’s Winter season Hill influences, like using Irish bacon as a substitute of guanciale in Premiere’s carbonara.

“Obviously, household-made pastas are going to be one thing that we’re likely to make, but we’ll be showcasing dry pasta as well,” he mentioned. “I believe anyone thinks, oh it is fresh pasta, that suggests it’s greater. For me, that’s not constantly the case. We’re heading to be working with dried pasta from Deano’s proper down the avenue.”

In addition to a variety of antipasti and pastas, Premiere will provide tiny, fried calzones stuffed with seasonal elements (consider corn and mushrooms, or ricotta and fig drizzled with honey), Genovese grilled rooster wings, and arancini crammed with dirty rice — a nod to Bazzinotti’s time invested doing the job in New Orleans. Pizza will be readily available, too, at the time the restaurant’s sister pizza location, Baza’s Pizzeria, opens future door.

Premiere on Broadway is operated by Somerville native Charles Zammuto and his loved ones his daughter, Koryn, will be Premiere’s director of functions. Zammuto is also the developer of 519 on Broadway. Bazzinotti claimed the Zammuto spouse and children are previous good friends of his, and that Charles first started off conversing about the strategy for Premiere two a long time ago.

“I stated, Alright, communicate to me when it will get extra really serious,” Bazzinotti recalled. “I believe it was like a year and a half back he introduced me in the house — it made use of to be a furnishings keep. It was just a massive concrete space complete of office environment furnishings. Charlie’s explaining to me that the stage is heading to be right here, we’re going to have a large bar right below … I adore live audio. It is just a far better ambiance when you’re possessing great food items and you are with excellent people today and there is great reside tunes enjoying. When I listened to that he wished to do that, it just form of sealed the deal.”

Though the leisure space is divided from the eating space and bar, Bazzinotti stated company will nevertheless be able to see the phase from most seats in the restaurant. Premiere’s leisure program, curated by new music and enjoyment director Dale Buchanan, will consist of reside music, comedy, and other situations. Its first comedy exhibit is previously scheduled for July 22, with Lenny Clarke, Johnny Pizzi, and Christine Hurley in the line-up.

At the 65-seat bar, beverage director Martin Fernandez (The Beehive) has crafted a basic Italian cocktail plan, that includes negronis, Americanos, and Bellinis. Italian wine and beer from Winter season Hill Brewing Co. and other area breweries will also be obtainable.

When it opens, Premiere on Broadway will offer lunch, meal, and weekend brunch, with outside patio seating for an al fresco eating knowledge.

“You can occur in there and get a wonderful heart warming pasta that will just take you back again to when you were 12 several years previous feeding on your grandmother’s ziti with meatballs,” Bazzinotti stated. “I consider it’s likely to be a unique natural environment. There is practically nothing like it.”