The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Stefano and Tsedenia Kiros to open an Italian restaurant called Via Cannuccia at 1739 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester - the former home of an Italian bakery.

The couple plan "a casual Italian restaurant," their attorney, Andrew Upton told the board. Stefano Kiros was born in Rome and went to culinary school in Italy, before going on a culinary journey that brought him to France, Greece, the Maldives, England and finally Boston, where he spent time as executive chef at Petit Robert Bistro and as a baker at Eataly.