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Third Time's a Charm

by Louisa Kasdon | October 03, 2008

After years of searching for just the right space, Chuck Draghi returns with Erbaluce

Chuck Draghi gets an A for perseverance. Twice he’s come this close to opening a restaurant of his own, only to have the deal fall apart at the eleventh hour. But this time, it’s really happening. This month, chef Draghi and his partner, Joan Johnson, will open Erbaluce, an enoteca and modern Italian restaurant tucked away in Bay Village in the former home of Dedo. It’s a small mom-and-pop restaurant that Draghi intends to be a “little urban oasis, where the chef is behind the stove every night, proving himself and his food.” Draghi says Erbaluce will be “evocative of the Northern Italian region of Piedmont, where the sun comes up every morning, shears off the morning mist, perfumes the air with lavender and sage, and then turns the fields green against a sky of electric blue.” (In addition to being a chef, Draghi is also a playwright.) ...