NYC-born Olio e Più, a sprawling spot to sit and sample Italy’s many regional cuisines and wines in one place, makes its anticipated D.C. debut this week. The charming new restaurant joins its fancy French sibling La Grande Boucherie, which made a grand entrance upstairs in the same Federal-American National Bank Building this spring (699 14th Street NW).

Situated on the prime downtown corner of 14th and G Streets NW, the 120-seat dining room near the White House evokes a grand villa nestled in the Italian countryside. Olio e Più swings open on Saturday, October 12, with daily dinner service to start. Lunch and weekend brunch will soon follow (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.).