Arno and Irene Von Waltsleben — former owners of downtown St. Pete's excellent Primi Urban Cafe — recently bought out an ailing sandwich shop in Tampa and refurbished it into a casual Italian pasta and pizza joint. Georgio's Pizza, Subs & Wings (6200 Haines Road N., Tampa), named after our their son George, will serve the usual arrays of pies and neighborhood Italian standards, as well as serving as the Von Waltsleben's catering kitchen. For fans of their biltong — a type of South African beef jerky, kinda — they plan to make that there, as well.
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2010.