{"id":10925,"date":"2026-04-29T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/10925\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:04:18","slug":"italian-cocktail-bar-to-take-over-former-tiny-bar-in-providence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/10925\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian cocktail bar to take over former Tiny Bar in Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the fall, the space \u2014 among the smallest bars in the smallest state \u2014 has sat empty. Now, it\u2019s poised for a second act.<\/p>\n

Alessandra Pallozzi, the owner of Bevi e Vivi<\/a>, a mobile and vintage-inspired beverage bar, plans to open Bevi Bar<\/a> there this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a wonderful human,\u201d said Joanne Chang, the owner of the building. \u201cAnd I wanted a wonderful human who was also female to take it over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AlessandraAlessandra Pallozzi and her brother Lucio Andreozzi in Italy as children.Courtesy of Lucio Andreozzi<\/p>\n

Pallozzi and her brother, marketing guru and celebrity photographer Lucio Andreozzi<\/a>, spent their childhood summers vacationing in Abruzzo, a central Italian region known for its mountainous terrain and Adriatic Sea<\/a> coastline. Their father immigrated to the US from Italy when he was 28 to marry their mother, whom he met in Italy. They used those memories as the inspiration for their business, and created an Italian-inspired luxury mobile bar. <\/p>\n

They tracked down a 1991 Piaggio Ape, a small, three-wheeled Italian vehicle, stripped it down to its frame, and redesigned it from scratch to officially launch in 2022.<\/p>\n

\"BeviBevi e Vivi, an Italian-inspired mobile cocktail bar.Lucio Andreozzi<\/p>\n

Today, the vehicle is outfitted with five draft taps, and can serve events of up to 500 people. It was also one of the vendors at model and actress Olivia Culpo\u2019s baby shower in Newport last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even as the business grew, Pallozzi was not totally sold on opening a permanent location unless it was in one spot in downtown. In fact, while visiting Italy last summer, she told relatives that the only brick-and-mortar she would consider would \u201chave to be inside Tiny Bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, three days after returning to the United States, Tiny Bar announced it was closing at the end of September. For Pallozzi and her brother, it felt like fate.<\/p>\n

\"AA lineup of cocktails from Bevi e Vivi, a mobile cocktail bar that will soon open Bevi Bar in downtown Providence, R.I.Lucio Andreozzi<\/p>\n

Asked what drew her so strongly to the space, Pallozzi said it reminds her of Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the most beautiful patio with greenery, trees, and flowers. It\u2019s so cute and tiny,\u201d said Pallozzi. \u201cIt\u2019s the stone patio with the glass house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Italy, it\u2019s like a piazza with the cobblestone,\u201d added Andreozzi. \u201cIt just feels very authentic. It feels very home to us, and where you\u2019re just transported to Italy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plans submitted to the city earlier this month propose some cosmetic upgrades to the former Tiny Bar location, including stripping the bright mural for a more subdued exterior, painted one tone with a lime wash-look paint. Fixtures will give off a brass or mahogany finish. The glass house will stay the same for now, said Pallozzi, where the roof can open up.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe former Tiny Bar space has a glass-enclosed patio covered in greenery. This summer, it will hold Bevi Bar, an Italian-inspired cocktail bar.Alexa Gagosz\/Globe Staff<\/p>\n

But the old Tiny Bar has been stripped down to its studs.<\/p>\n

Andreozzi said they are planning \u201cvery cool Italian elements\u201d that \u201chave never been seen before in Rhode Island, or New England for that matter,\u201d but wouldn\u2019t provide many details. \u201cI think it\u2019ll be jaw dropping when people see what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want this place to look like you\u2019re in Italy and you just stumbled across [what looks like] this old world building … As if the building has been there forever, but with a modern bar,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very dramatic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bevi Bar will be located at 377 Richmond St. in Providence, R.I. Updates will be posted on their Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alexa Gagosz can be reached at alexa.gagosz@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her @alexagagosz<\/a> and on Instagram @AlexaGagosz<\/a>.<\/p>\n