A slice of a longtime Connecticut pizzeria is headed to the Lowcountry. The owners of Tolli’s Apizza in East Haven plan to open a new restaurant on Maybank Highway on Johns Island by late summer.

The space, with seating for 40 and a bar and patio, is still being built as part of a new shopping area on Crowne Commons Way near Crowne at Live Oak Square Apartments, according to restaurant co-owner Anthony Peluso. The Fat Hen restaurant is just south of the site. Peluso, and his wife, Giuseppina, said the growing Charleston region provides an opportunity to expand with a new restaurant and be closer to family members in the Lowcountry.