Thursday, May 12, 2011

Update: G'Vanni's to Oversee Emerald Grill at Franklin Park Golf Course

[Ed Note: This article has been updated as of July 26. G'Vanni's is overseeing the restaurant at the Franklin Park Golf Course, not opening an actual G'Vanni's restaurant there.]

An Italian restaurant with two locations in the Boston area and one other in Florida is going to be overseeing a dining spot near the Roxbury/Dorchester line, and this one looks to be much like the Florida restaurant.

According to EveryBlock Boston, G'Vanni's on the Green has received a business license for a restaurant at 1 Circuit Drive, which happens to be the address of the Franklin Park Golf Course (also known as the William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park). The location in Deerfield Beach, FL also resides on a golf course, and has the name G'Vanni's on the Green, while the original G'Vanni's can be found on Prince Street in Boston's North End (another G'Vanni's opened on Boston Road in Billerica in 2008).

[July 26 update: According to CBS Boston, G'Vanni's is overseeing a place called the Emerald Grill at the Franklin Park golf course. It is also overseeing the Shamrock Grill at the George Wright course in Hyde Park.]

The William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park is one of the oldest public golf courses in the country, first opening in 1896. The web link for this 18-hole course can be found at http://cityofbostongolf.com/golf/proto/cityofboston/course_williamdevine/course_williamdevine.htm

For more information on G'Vanni's, please go to the Boston link at http://www.gvannis.com/ or the Florida link at http://www.gvannisflorida.com/