The new Italian restaurant that moved into Market Street Grill’s location, Via Verde, is now open for business. We stopped in to give it a try.

The menu features wood-fired pizza, pasta, sandwiches and salads. We ordered straight-up Italian basics: a cheese pizza, spaghetti and meatballs, and (well, not so Italian) chicken wings. The pizza was thin-crusted (they made the dough by hand) and very good. The pasta was enormous and tasty. And the chicken wings were cooked perfectly, with BBQ sauce for dipping.

Via Verde features a full bar, and the space is much larger and upscale than the exterior of the restaurant implies. If you stop by to give it a try, please post your impressions in comments below…