Paulie’s, an Italian restaurant concept from the creators of The Wine Kitchen, is getting reimagined and moving to a new location. It will debut this summer as Paulie’s Italian Kitchen at ChefScape in Leesburg. Readers may remember that back during the height of the pandemic, there was a rush on “ghost kitchens.”

Existing restaurants were launching new delivery-only food brands from their existing kitchens as a way to maximize profits at a time when dining rooms were nearly empty. The Wine Kitchen, a longtime staple of the downtown Leesburg dining scene, debuted Paulie’s Italian Restaurant as a ghost kitchen concept in November 2020.