Batali Delivers Pizza To Fan Pier

Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 12:20pm

Celebrity chef Mario Batali will open an 8,700-square-foot restaurant called Babbo Pizzeria next year at Eleven Fan Pier Boulevard in Boston.

Construction will begin this summer with a winter opening planned. The menu will feature wood-burning brick oven pizzas, pasta, antipasti and gelato.

The 170-seat restaurant will be located on the ground floor of one of two buildings comprising Vertex Pharmaceuticals' new headquarters that opened early this year.

Batali had been in the market for a restaurant location in Boston for several years, including a potential location at 320 Summer St. in the Fort Point neighborhood that fell through last summer.

The second Vertex building at 50 Northern Ave. will have a 21,450-square-foot restaurant called Committee on its ground floor. The Mediterranean-themed restaurant, scheduled to open by year's end, is owned by George Aboujaoude of Cafeteria Boston and Bijou Nightclub & Lounge in Boston.

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Batali Delivers Pizza To Fan Pier