A new Italian restaurant has moved into the former Fern Street home of Eclipse Chocolate. Il Posto is the second venture from the trio behind Maurizio’s Trattoria Italiana on South Coast Highway in Encinitas — Maurizio Carbone and a pair of lifelong friends that hail from Naples, Fabio Montagna and Antonio Pappagallo.

Their aim with Il Posto, to offer affordable handmade pasta and wood-fired pizza, is aided by pizzaiolo Alfredo Pappalardo, a decorated pizza chef who’s earned various honors including an award for best traditional Napoletano pizza at the International Pizza Expo.