It's been almost exactly a year since news emerged that Gino Fazzari would open a new pizzeria right next door to his Calderone Club, 842 N. Old World 3rd St. Pizzeria San Giorgio – located in the former Thai Palace, 838 N. Old World 3rd St. – will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. with Mayor Tom Barrett and Bucks President Peter Feigin. Fazzari expects to open to the public next week, after his staff is thoroughly trained.

The restaurant is named in honor of Fazzari's cousin, George – who passed away last year and was Gino's cooking mentor (and namesake; George was called Gino, too) – as well as in honor of Saint George, who Fazzari says is his patron saint. "He's been in control of this whole thing," Fazzari told me this morning.