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Behind the scenes, this restaurateur has played an important role in some of the area's most well-known restaurants.

With food truck rodeos and wine dinners, June is looking like it will be full of yummy experiences.

Dozens of restaurants have closed in the Wilmington area since the pandemic began. Here are some of those that closed in 2021 that we already miss.

When Ash Aziz sold some of his Wilmington area restaurants in 2019, he wanted to take a step back from the industry,  “But, as it turns out, semi-retirement is not for me,” said Aziz, who owns Circa 1922 and Pizzeria Il Forno in Wilmington. “I don’t golf well.”  Instead, he’s been thinking about bringing at least one new restaurant to the area.   “We are just in the design state right now,” he said.   The unnamed coastal-themed restaurant is in the works for Autum...