The third time’s the charm, they say, and in the case of the Rosa Restaurant, the third time will be a return to the beginning. Set for a grand reopening this weekend, the historic Italian restaurant on State Street – once thought to be the longest, continuously run restaurant under a family name in New England – will see its third rebirth, at its same location, under a new restaurant holding company named River Wharf LLC.

It will be a “constant nod to nostalgia,” said sales and marketing director Jennifer Parker, bringing back the classic, beloved Rosa menu and comfortable atmosphere from its inception in 1927. “It has to be the locals’ place,” said operations director Michelle Matthews. “It has to be what it was.”