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Dominic's Pizza and Pasta Opens Thursday

The new pizza place, which replaces Louie's Pizza and Pasta in Vineyards Plaza, will serve the dinner crowd at first and be primarily a carry-out restaurant.

After running the new place through a test opening, owner Dominic Cutinello is ready to let Frankfort experience his first foray into the restaurant business.

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That venture, , opens full time Thursday, June 14, in Vineyards Plaza, next to , and . Some residents also might know the site as the former location of , which shut down last fall.

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Cutinello said the restaurant will serve not only pizza but pasta and other Italian dishes as well. Dominic's will be primarily a carry-out establishment, although there will be some counter and outdoor seating available. Starting out, the pizza place will stick with dinner hours, but Cutinello, a Romeoville resident, said he hopes to eventually serve the lunch crowd

Dominic's had a "soft opening" Wednesday, June 13, with invited guests stopping by for a few hours in the late afternoon and early evening to try out the food for free.

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Hours for the restaurant are from 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 4 to 11 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; and 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday. The phone number is 815-464-1200.

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