Meatballs aren’t usually a gateway to bump and grind. But with the late October opening of Pulcinella! restaurant at 1300 St. Bernard Ave., that’s on the menu now. The 52-seat restaurant is a partnership between burlesque performer Bella Blue, her husband Andy Principe, an owner at Palm & Pine, and J.D. Solomon, a retired, self-described “tech nerd” whose son is the Indianapolis burlesque performer Boybarella.

There is a performance space above the restaurant, in what was originally the Original Nite Cap bar, which opened in 1967. Now it is the Original Nite Cap Speakeasy, and Blue and her troupe of dancers use it to perform everything from drag to burlesque. Soon, a new studio will offer pole dancing classes as well. Diners are welcome upstairs without a cover charge.