The grand Victorian building on the corner of Rhode Island and Chenango streets has been a slew of restaurants since 1928. The longest-running one was Romanello's Roseland Restaurant, which served Italian cuisine for 77 years. Providence Social, known for its cocktails and brunch, was the most recent restaurant until it closed in 2018.
Roseland’s Atlas, at 490 Rhode Island St., opened for takeout Oct. 25 while construction on the bar and dining rooms continues inside.
The 490 Rhode Island St. building has been vacant for six years, until Roseland's Atlas opened Oct. 25.
Or, more accurately, when Roseland's Atlas kind of opened. Roseland's Atlas is open only for takeout, which can be ordered online or by calling 716-500-7673. Customers pick up their orders directly from the kitchen, at the back door facing the Chenango Street parking lot.
You can't go inside the restaurant yet, as the dining room and bar remain under construction. It will continue to operate on a takeout-only basis until the end of November, when chef Michael Giuliano Deganis expects the bar to open. The full restaurant, which includes a bar and a couple of dining rooms, should be completely open by New Year's, Deganis said.
Glimpse construction progress through the windows as you pick up dinner. "What we wanted to do is just kind of introduce ourselves to the public with some of the Italian food, homey-style takeout," Deganis said. "We noticed that there's quite a bit of redundancy in the takeout game.
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