Remember Osteria del Mondo? It's coming back and will be known simply as Osteria. "I am extremely excited. And it's about time," said chef and co-owner Marc Bianchini. Osteria del Mondo closed on Milwaukee's lower east side in 2011. It was in the Knickerbocker Hotel, 1028 E. Juneau Ave., for 16 years.

Bianchini will reopen his Italian restaurant with his wife, Marta, and business partner Daniel Schwartz at 330 E. Kilbourn Ave., they announced Friday. The restaurant is due in spring or summer 2018, Marc Bianchini said. It's part of the renovation of the 330 Kilbourn building, previously known as the Plaza East towers.