The owner of an Italian restaurant in Halethorpe has doubled the number of seats and added a seafood eatery next door.
Gianni's Italian Bistro, at 3720 Washington Blvd., now has a sister restaurant called the Angry Mallet. Patrons can order linguine in the seafood restaurant and fried oysters in the Italian restaurant.
The restaurants seat 180 combined, says Owner Greg Orendorff, former owner of Luigi Petti in Little Italy.
Orendorff spent about $300,000 on the expansion. The Angry Mallet serves steamed and friend crabs, shrimp, scallops, oysters, lobster and grilled fish.
Now five years old, Gianni's serves homemade pasta, chicken and veal specialties, and pizza.
Orendorff took over a former Sprint store and Mexican restaurant after his landlord approached him about expanding.
Writer: Julekha Dash
Source: Greg Orendorff, Gianni's, the Angry Mallet