Philadelphia’s Di Bruno Bros. Steps it up in Rittenhouse With Alimentari, an Italian Cafe

“My wife made me promise I would never get into the restaurant business,” Bill Mignucci Jr. of the South Philadelphia-rooted Italian grocer Di Bruno Bros. was saying the other day.

Mignucci had been telling her of a project that he and his cousins/partners, Emilio and Billy, were working on — transforming the second floor of the Rittenhouse store by adding a mozzarella/wine/coffee bar, pizza bar, comfortable seating in a lounge area and dining room, and an all-day menu served by waiters.

Karen shot him a look.

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