By Rick Nelson

It's official: 2015 is going to go down in local culinary history as the Year of the Italian Restaurant. Two are opening next month in downtown Minneapolis: Monello launches June 1 in the Hotel Ivy, and Il Foro is coming in for a mid-June landing in the historic former Forum Cafeteria space.

In Uptown, Parella is aiming for a late June/early July debut in the former Figlio spot in Calhoun Square. And now, a block to the east, we will soon have Scena Tavern. 

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