JANUARY 2016 • FOODSERVICE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES • 75
TERZA RISTORANTE AND
LA VETTA BAR NEL CIELO
in Rochester, Minn.
W
hen offce building owners Andy Chafoulias
and his father, Gus, invited Pat Woodring and
Scott Foster, partners of Nova Restaurant
Group, to open their third restaurant concept
in downtown Rochester, Minn., the decision was easy given
the relationship already formed between the two parties.
Their previous restaurant ventures in this city have been
quite successful.
The new location, close to the renowned Mayo Clinic
and also in the heart of an area with notable redevelop-
ment, presented a welcome opportunity. The seven-story
H3 Plaza building now contains Terza Ristorante on the
main foor and La Vetta Bar Nel Cielo on the seventh foor.
Terza means "third" in Italian; it is Nova Restaurant Group's
third restaurant in Rochester, and the building is on Historic
A chic-casual Italian restaurant features
an open kitchen on the main foor and a
rooftop bar and patio on the seventh level
of a new downtown building.
By Donna Boss, Contributing Editor
facility design
p r o j e c t o f t h e m o n t h
Guests who want to be up
close to the culinary action sit
at the pasta bar, which frames
the wood-fred pizza oven
that is covered in tile.
Photos courtesy of Shea, Inc.;
photography by Travis Anderson