A family-run restaurant that's been serving hungry customers for some 52 years will close for good at the end of the year. Vincenzo's in Park Street will be demolished and turned into student flats, despite battling for years to stay open.
Owners Vincenzo and Teresa Ricci opened the restaurant in 1970 and more recently it has been by their children Isabella, Rafaele and Giuseppe. The family have been in a lengthy dispute with developers Urbina since 2019 and even had to crowdfund to pay for escalating legal fees, with Isabella telling Bristol Live in August that she has suffered "sleepness nights" trying to save the beloved pizzeria.
But now the Ricci family have decided to leave the site at the end of the year and are, instead, looking for new premises. Vincenzo's will close to the public on December 24 and the family will have until January 4 to leave the building completely for good.
