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Lococo Family Brings Sportivo to Downtown Berkeley

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A new Italian restaurant called Sportivo is opening at 2132 Center Street in Berkeley, in the former Tomatina space. There’s already a pizza oven in there, and new owners Gaetano and Gilberto Lococo have a little experience with such things — their family owns two other Italian restaurants that serve pizza, both called Lococo’s, one down the street on Shattuck Avenue and one on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland. According to a job posting on Craigslist, Sportivo will be open Tuesday through Sunday for both lunch and dinner. [Grub Street]

Lococo Family Brings Sportivo to Downtown Berkeley