The new restaurant Ciao Italia Ristorante + Mercato, offering authentic Italian cuisine, opened in Durham last Saturday.The Ciao Italia team and owner Doug Clark are preparing to open up a portion of their indoor seating in conjunction with phase two of Governor Chris Sununu’s social distancing guidelines on June 15th.

Ciao Italia currently has five tables available for outside seating as well as the option of curbside pickup through their website. When indoor seating comes into play, Clark said they’ll be able to accommodate another 40 percent of their 106 available seats.