Paolo's to Close After Easter, Reopen as Updated Eatery

Goodbye Paolo’s, hello Neyla.

Longtime Reston Town Center watering hole and eatery, Paolo’s Ristorante, will be closing sometime soon after Easter and reopening likely about four weeks later as Neyla, according to Paolo’s employees.

Neyla, which will serve up a Mediterranean menu, was a popular restaurant in Georgetown that closed last year. It was owned by the same company that owns Paolo’s.

New CEO of Capital Restaurant Concepts, Tom Gregg, recently announced the changes coming to Paolo’s in an interview with Washington Business Journal.

Steve Benincasa, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, is the executive chef at Paolo’s, and was the executive chef at Neyla. He started with Capital Restaurant Concepts in 1994 working as a line cook at the Paolo’s in Georgetown.

No word yet on whether Neyla’s belly-dancing happy hours will continue at its new Reston location.