Adolfo’s Italian Market and Pizzeria seems to be in right place at the right time with the right customer offerings. It took owner Gary Blake a decade of careful planning and study, along with 10 months of preparation and permitting to open in the Venetian-style San Marco Plaza, 8225 Nature’s Way, Lakewood Ranch. Blake, 60, has Italian roots on his mother’s side and Adolfo’s is a tribute to his grandfather Adolfo.

“This is an homage to him. I didn’t want that name to go away,” Blake said. Blake’s great-grandfather, Leopoldo Colantuona left Naples, Italy, in 1890 as a 12-year-old boy and came to the United States without any other family members, settling in Brooklyn, N.Y. All of the market items at Adolfo’s — the cheeses, olives, wines and more — are imported from Italy.