Boka to open Italian restaurant Alla Vita in closed Bellemore space
Boka Restaurant Group/Anthony Tahlier Bellemore, the West Loop restaurant on the corner of Randolph and Jefferson streets, where chef Jimmy Papadopoulos wowed diners with decadent dishes such as oyster pie topped with caviar is no more. The space, silent for months since the pandemic began, will soon welcome a new and more casual restaurant from the same ownership. Boka Restaurant Group has announced Alla Vita, a “neighborhood Italian-American restaurant,” is set for a mid-summer opening at 564 W. Randolph Street. “We want everybody,” says Boka chef Lee Wolen. “It’s for families, ...