The Grimaldi name, which has been associated with Italian restaurants in Syracuse, Utica, and Albany since 1943, will soon disappear from the Central New York culinary landscape. The family is selling Grimaldi’s Ristorante near Carrier Circle, the last remaining location for the business founded by Fred and Rita Grimaldi on Bleecker Street in Utica in the midst of World War II.

Their grandchildren, also named Rita and Freddie, will continue to operate the restaurant at 6430 Yorktown Circle through the end of June. Then the new owners take over, Rita Grimaldi said today. The new owners, who she would not identify, will give it a new name and add a new focus of seafood and steaks to the Italian cuisine Grimaldi’s has always been known for.