Historic North Beach Italian restaurant Tosca Cafe has reopened for indoor dining for the first time in nearly two years. The dream team of chef Nancy Oakes (Boulevard), restaurateur Anna Weinberg (Marlowe) and designer Ken Fulk took over the space in 2019 just a month after it closed following a tumultuous six-year run under restaurateur Ken Friedman and chef April Bloomfield. The trio planned to open the restaurant in April 2020, but the shelter-in-place order due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed those plans back indefinitely.

Earlier this month, the restaurant at 242 Columbus Ave. finally welcomed diners into its rich, dark red leather and mahogany interior. Fulk, the design maven behind swanky S.F. spots like Leo’s Oyster Club and the Battery, has largely maintained the original character of the restaurant. He reupholstered the banquets and barstools and made other smaller updates, like adding new light fixtures and renovating the backroom with damask wallpaper. Eater SF first reported on the restaurant’s reopening. Reservations are available on Tock.