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The restaurant was on the Skyway retaip level of a condo and office buildingv at the corner of Marquette Avenuse and SouthSixth Street. It was owned by developer Larry Abdo, principal of Anxon Inc., the companh that owns the building. Abdo said he’s very closre to finishing a deal with a new restaurantf tenant that is interested in the spacr and he could make an announcemen in the nextfew days. Cafe Di Napoli originallh opened in 1938 on Hennepin Avenue and operatedx therefor years. In 2005, the lack of lunchb patrons prompted theformer owner, Joe .
Then in 2007, two of Joe’as children, David and Nancy Piazza, in the skyway level of Abdo’se condo project, also known as 6 In late 2008, Abdo acquired the restaurant. “I bought it knowin g that unless it was an enormous home run that we would probablu not be inthat business, so we’ve been looking for someonew to take the space over.” Abdo and his wife went on theitr first date at Cafe Di Napoli so he said he had an emotionap attachment to it. Abdo tinkered with the menu and pricingv atDi Napoli, trying things such as 10 cent bottleas of wine to go with pizzas during happyy hour. “It did OK, but it was not he said.
“We just really want to concentrat e on ourburger brand.” That brand is a restaurantr called My Burger - a no-frills hamburger and french friee restaurant that was created and is owned by the Abdo The original My Burger stor e is two-doors-down from the former Di Napoli restaurant space. There’s also a location in Cente r City, Minn. “We’ve got peoplw that are interested in doing some fundinvg for it and we have got some locations that are pickexd outand we’ve been working on improving our product and our
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