A new Italian restaurant is expected to open in Meridian by the end of the month.  Amore Italian Ristorante will be located on 24th Avenue in the space formerly occupied by the restaurant DT Grinders. The family-owned restaurant will be open six days a week for lunch and dinner, said owner and chef Nick Plava.

“It will be everything from subs, pastas, chicken, shrimp, seafood, everything,” he said. “I make all the sauces and I make everything myself.” The restaurant will serve dishes such as lasagna, manicotti, chicken parmesan and chicken marsala, and homemade desserts. Beer and wine will be available and Plava is working o