A restaurateur is preparing to unveil his ‘modern Italian trattoria’ at the site of a town’s former all day café.
Jack Primavista has taken over the former Gastrono-me, in Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, and is aiming for a soft opening of the new restaurant this week.
He said the venue will have five strings to its bow by offering Italian breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, while he will be importing all the products he uses in his dishes from Italy.
Jack Primavista is opening his new modern Italian trattoria, Primavista, in the former Gastronome. Picture: Mark WestleyPrimavista will serve a range of Italian dishes. Picture: SubmittedJack said, after taking a walk around Bury St Edmunds, he decided he wanted to bring his new business to the town, and it was lucky at the time that Gastrono-me was shutting. Picture: Submitted
The restaurant will bear Jack’s name, Primavista, and he has other outlets focusing on different offers in other areas of the country including Oxford and Aylesbury.
Jack said: “So our first project was to try and move from Oxford to Cambridge with my business partner.
“We came to have a walk around Bury and I was really impressed with the quality of life and the people and the market.
Jack Primavista. Picture: SubmittedPrimavista, in Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, will serve a range of pasta dishes. Picture: Submitted
“The standard was really high, and we said we really would like to find something here.”
Jack said Primavista is going to be his first proper Italian restaurant and he is looking forward to bringing his food to the town.
He is aiming to produce the classic dishes customers know and love, but with a modern twist.
Primavista will serve a range of Italian starters and mains, pizzas and pasta, as well as Mediterranean meats and fish dishes.
The menu will also offer a range of Italian dishes. Picture: SubmittedThe new restaurant will serve Jack’s authentic Italian pizza. Picture: Submitted
Also on offer will be a host of homemade Italian desserts and cakes.
Jack was hopeful of a soft opening this week, dependent on furniture deliveries, while he was certain the restaurant would be fully operational by next week.
He added Primavista will be retaining Gastrono-me’s downstairs karaoke room, which will also be used as a private function area.
Primavista is aiming to open in the former Gastrono-me, in Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, this week. Picture: SubmittedJack Primavista’s fried panzerotti. Picture: SubmittedPrimaivista, in Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, will serve a range of homemade cakes and Italian desserts. Picture: SubmittedPrimavista will serve a range of Italian dishes. Picture: Submitted
The old light blue walls on the outside have been painted over for a dark green looking out onto Abbeygate Street.
Gastrono-me shut in October after 13 years, having first opened in St John’s Street.
Dining and Cooking