No more life behind the wheel of a food truck for Chris Auriemma. The Brooklyn transplant is opening Gumba’s Italian on Nov. 3 at 100 E. 20th Ave., at the corner of Lincoln Street. This will be the first brick-and-mortar location for Auriemma, who owns two food trucks. “I’m bringing them a taste of Brooklyn,” he said, adding that he wants to import pizza dough from New York so it can be made using the region’s water.

Auriemma moved to Denver five years ago from the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn. He recently signed a lease for the 5,200-square-foot building, which will have Gumba’s Italian restaurant on the west side and Gumba’s Café, which will sell Italian pastries from Wholly Cannoli in Parker, on the east side. The center space will be a commissary kitchen that can accommodate five food trucks.