Italian chain North Italia will churn out brick-oven pizza and house-made pasta in Mary Brickell Village beginning this fall. The restaurant, which joins more than a dozen other locations across the nation, will be the first in Florida.

Created in 2002 by James Beard Award semifinalist Sam Fox, North Italia falls under his Fox Restaurant Group, which runs more than 50 concepts across the country, including wine and burger bar Zinburger and Boca Raton's health-focused True Food Kitchen.