When you heard that the chef behind Esther’s Kitchen in the Arts District and Ada’s at Tivoli Village was opening an even bigger Italian restaurant at Tivoli, you knew it was going to be good.

But you didn’t know James Trees was going to team up with the LEV Restaurant Group—the company behind a diverse slate of local restaurants and bars including the Golden Tiki, Evel Pie, La Strega and the Downtown Summerlin steakhouse soon to take over the Andiron spot—to create Al Solito Posto, which transformed Tivoli’s former Brio space into a restaurant that feels casual and comfortable yet highly refined, just like the food itself.