Continuing a notable string of Italian restaurants, MareTerra Ristorante opened Monday off U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs. The address in Southern Exposure Plaza on Trails Edge Boulevard south of Bonita Beach Road most recently was home to Palladio Trattoria for five years, but during a 20-year span, the popular restaurant space also hosted Fabio Trattoria Italiana, Anthony’s Trattoria and Noodles Cafe. After serving northern Italian cuisine for five years, Palladio closed last July.  

Longtime Naples restaurateur Sal Sinzieri is behind the new MareTerra, which translates to sea and land. Born in Sicily, Sinzieri moved from Italy to New York City in 1961 when he was 11. After working at Bice Ristorante in New York for about 15 years, he opened a restaurant by the same name on Fifth Avenue South in Naples about 20 years ago. Sinzieri later launched MiraMare and Fish at the Village Shops on Venetian Bay in Naples.