Austin's newest old school Italian restaurant is opening this week in the former home of one of the city's most iconic old school restaurants. Sammie's, the red-sauce Italian restaurant from the McGuire Moorman Hospitality restaurant group, will open on Tuesday at 807 W. Sixth St., which for more than 40 years housed Hut's Hamburgers.

Next door was Favorite Liquor Store, which has been transformed into Favorite Pizza, which will open "in coming weeks," according to the restaurant group. Sammie's is a restaurant inspired by the famed West Hollywood spot Dan Tana's, according to Austin360 restaurant writer Matthew Odam, who first reported when the concept was announced in 2019.