You may have noticed the Cariera’s in the Marketplace at Dr. Phillips has been closed. It has sported a banner out front of late that says that it is “Opening soon under new ownership.” I can tell you now that that ownership is Intram Investments, the parent company of neighbor Bistro CloClo. Intram’s Kelly Froelich tells me that they will keep the Cariera’s name — Cariera’s Cucina Italiano, to be precise — and just do some basic sprucing up: refresh the ceiling and the flooring, “Just give it a little bit of love it hasn’t been getting.”
Froelich says that Intram bought the business from Tom and Debbie Cariera and will keep the same concept. “It was really a hot spot in the neighborhood for a long time,” she says.
Froelich says the company is looking to reopen in late November.