After a nearly six-month overhaul, 28-year-old FiDi Italian eatery Palio D'Asti (640 Sacramento St.) will return as Palio, a more contemporary pan-Italian concept.  ANV Architects designed the refreshed restaurant, which originally opened in 1990, will have a 200-seat dining area with an expanded bar and lounge, a full-service dining room and three private and semi-private dining rooms.

The restaurant's original exhibition kitchen remains as a centerpiece, along with a wood-fired pizza oven and a dedicated pasta-making room. Brothers and executive chefs Mauricio and Jose Alberto Martinez, whom have worked with the restaurant since its inception, will oversee the restaurant's new menu. It will transition from traditional dishes inspired by Piedmont, Italy, to a pan-Italian menu with a "modern twist."