By Blake Haas
BLOOMINGTON – A mouth watering restaurant in Bloomington announced the construction of a new restaurant starting in the spring.
Biaggi’s Restorante Italiano, which started in Bloomington 20 years ago, announced the purchase of six acres of land on the northeast corner of Route 9 and Airport Rd.
“[The new resturant] will have a better opportunity for parking, that is our biggest issue,” said Amy Goddard, Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano Director of Marketing. “We are looking at breaking ground probably early spring and then opening in late fall [of 2019]. The relocation of Biaggi’s will include the same menu, just a new look.”
That new look features high ceilings, large 14-foot windows, garage doors that open to the patio and a large center bar.
“It will be some design features [that include] larger windows, and a bigger private event room, which is one of the things that we don’t have now,” said Goddard. “The new location will have a much larger private event space and easier accessibility. [The new location will also include] probably a patio with a nice bar area. Our current bar is not really set up for a bar activity or like happy hours, so we anticipate that we will have a larger bar and then a larger patio.”
In addition to the new restaurant, the same six acre plot will have a Mexican/Tex-Mex, full-service restaurant. Site work will begin in early August, with all three sites to be completed in phases over the next 18 months.
Biaggi’s corporate office will also relocate to the new site from their current location on Clearwater Ave.
Blake Haas can be reached at [email protected].
