Since Italian cuisine is routinely singled out as Americans' favorite foreign fare, it's a miracle that most restaurant kitchens aren't knee-deep in gnocchi. But here in the Twin Cities, we're not exactly awash in Italian restaurants. Serious ones, anyway.

That's about to change. Not one, not two, but three high-profile Italian restaurants are opening in Minneapolis in the next few months. When it rains, it pours, right? Get out your umbrellas. Along with a similar culinary embrace, the newcomers share another common trait: They're reviving previous restaurant properties.

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