Two Harlem restaurateurs are expanding into Morningside Heights with a new Italian restaurant located a few blocks away from Columbia University's campus. Chef Andrew LoPresto and beverage manager Bruno Molfetta opened Bar314 on Amsterdam Avenue and West 122nd Street this month. The casual restaurant and bar features a menu of wood-fired pizzas — 13 signature pies with the option to customize — Italian small plates and 20 original cocktails.

Bar314 is the sister restaurant of Lopresto and Molfetta's first eatery babbalucci, located on Malcolm X Boulevard and West 127th Street. The restaurateurs decided to open up their new venture just a few blocks from their first because they are "committed to uptown," according to a press release.