Project Description
Vinnie’s Neighborhood Italian
Jim Diaz has been a friend and patron of Eric Scheffer for years. They met back in the day when Eric originally purchased the Savoy Restaurant and assumed a leasehold interest at 641 Merrimon Avenue in 2000 from Alan & Suzie Laibson. Mr. Scheffer operated the Savoy, an upscale Tuscan Italian & seafood restaurant. Savvy Scheffer, in anticipation of the Great Recession’s effect on local diner’s willingness to splurge on fine dining, very coyly re-branded the Savoy in 2009 to re-open as Vinnie’s Neighborhood Italian.
