Venti Tre Modern Italian Will Open in Downtown Crown

From Montgomery Community Media:

Venti Tre Modern Italianrestaurant is set to open in early September in Gaithersburg’s Downtown Crown.

The name means “23” in Italian and is a nod to the restaurant’s 23 fresh toppings. Venti Tre is a concept of Fazoli’s, a Lexington, KY-based chain with nearly 220 restaurants in 26 states and is one of the country’s top three fast-casual restaurant brands, according to FastCasual.com.

Customers will be able to choose a piada flatbread wrap, pasta or salad and then select from add-ons that include proteins, toppings and sauces or dressings in a Chipotle-like set-up. Proteins include Tuscan lemon chicken, rosemary garlic steak and Italian sausage; sauces include pomodoro, parmigiana fonduta and vino bianco; and other toppings include crispy capers, tomato bruschetta salsa, crispy pancetta and roasted mushrooms, all made fresh in-restaurant daily. Roasted veggies are also available in lieu of meat.

The menu includes sides like polenta fries and tomato-basil soup along with desserts like tiramisu and cinnamon-sugar bomboloni, an Italian-style doughnut. Beer and wine is available in addition to an Italian soda bar.

The debut Venti Tre Modern Italian restauant opened on Boston Street in Baltimore’s Canton district earlier this year. Downtown Crown is only the second location for the fast-casual Italian segment. Fazoli’s CEO Carl Howard has said the company wants to quickly grow the Venti Tre Modern Italian brand in the Mid-Atlantic region.

“Downtown Crown is bringing several new dining concepts to Montgomery County and the Washington area,” said Krista Di Iaconi, principal of JBGR Retail, the developer of Downtown Crown. “We’re excited to be creating such a dining hot spot for the area.”

Venti Tre Modern Italian has signed for a nearly 2,900-square-foot space on Ellington Boulevard and will be joining regional new-to-Montgomery County restaurants like Ted’s Bulletin, Coastal Flats and Asia Nine.