The chef who first launched the eponymous Donato Enoteca in downtown Redwood City in 2009, then Desco in Old Oakland in 2013, then a Peninsula salumeria and wine bar, Cru, in 2016, will open a Berkeley restaurant in late September.

For this venture, Donato & Co., he is partnering with fellow Italian chef and friend Gianluca Guglielmi, formerly the executive chef for A.G. Ferrari and Co. And they are situating the restaurant just around the corner from where the legendary Ferrari deli was located in the Elmwood district. The space itself, 2635 Ashby Ave., had housed The Advocate.