A new Italian restaurant is coming to Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood at 2717 N. Proctor St. Crudo & Cotto will open in the second-story space where Soul and Old House Cafe formerly operated. Expect a summer opening. Its owners are Giampaolo Falchetti and Kathryn Philbrook, the husband-wife duo behind Olympia’s Basilico Ristorante. The restaurant’s concept will be unlike any Italian eatery in Tacoma. This is not a spaghetti den or a pizza place.

Its owners plan for a highly stylized Italian dining experience. Said Falchetti, with translation assistance from Philbrook, “The entire approach will be a little different, more based on fresh seafood, seasonal ingredients, and an oyster bar. There will be a lot of raw preparations, many of them based just on the real freshness of the seafood, just lemon juice and evoo (extra virgin olive oil).”