With Alto Enoteca, the tiny new Italian restaurant on Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, Nico Di Lullo is back where he grew up. Well, not literally. His parents, Franco and Gemma Di Lullo, settled in Bayville after emigrating from Italy. But they bought the Roslyn Village building in the early 1980s and opened Piccolo Gourmet, an Italian-accented specialty market that subsequently morphed into Il Salumaio and Marketplace before they leased the space to La Bottega around 2010.

The Di Lullos also operated a restaurant in Syosset, Nel Blu (2001 to 2004). "I grew up in both businesses, working the counter, waiting tables, tending bar," Di Lullo said. Eventually, he decided to go to law school, but the hospitality gene is a dominant one. When La Bottega closed last year, he "saw an opportunity

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