News flash! Anna's Pasta closes its doors.
Now before you start hyperventilating, let me reassure you that the proprietors are still in the restaurant business. Anna's Pasta has consolidated with a restaurant in downtown St. Pete called Urban Ciao. Will they become Anna's Urban Ciao? I don't know, but the hand-labeled sign on the door said "Anna's After Dark." I think the Urban Ciao menu is available during the day, and they'll be switching to standard Anna's fare for dinner.
Urban Ciao is right next to the Globe Coffee Lounge on 1st Ave North between 5th and 6th Streets. They're on a limited menu right now but most of the non-baked pasta dishes are available. The waiter (Tony, who has been there for quite a while now) said that they'll be shaking up the menu a little bit, but that most of the old favorites will still be there. There appears to be less room in the new restaurant, but they claim they're only missing one or two tables compared to the old place.
Why did they move? Apparently someone offered the landlord more money for the same spot – and they plan to open an Italian restaurant there. In a particularly tacky move, the new tenants took down all the signs directing Anna's patrons to the new location. How rude. On the good side, the new location is more convenient, a lot more atmospheric, and right next to a good coffee shop. (That's it at right, with the red doors of the Globe on the left side.)
I'll tell you the story about my fortuitous stop in the coffee shop another time.
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