By Suzanne Loudermilk Haughey

The tiny storefront on South High Street is back in business—this time as Joe Benny's Focacceria. Owner Joseph Benjamin Gardella, pictured above, is the genial host. Joe, 36, a first-generation Italian American, has long hoped to own a restaurant property.

"I've always loved food," he says, having worked in the business. "I wanted to bring a piece of my background to others." Little Italy was the perfect spot, he says. 

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