UPDATE: New Italian restaurant now open in Kettering

Venecia Italian Restaurant is now open in the former McGillicutty's Pub space at 1980 E. Whipp Road in Kettering. MARK FISHER/STAFF

Credit: MARK FISHER/STAFF

Credit: MARK FISHER/STAFF

Venecia Italian Restaurant is now open in the former McGillicutty's Pub space at 1980 E. Whipp Road in Kettering. MARK FISHER/STAFF
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By Mark Fisher
Updated Jan 3, 2021
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UPDATE (Jan. 3, 2021):

The new eatery called Venecia Italian Restaurant in south Kettering is now open.

The new restaurant is located at 1980 E. Whipp Road just west of Bigger Road, in the building that previously housed McGillicutty’s Pub.

Venecia is open for lunch and dinner six days a week. Its hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, closed on Mondays.

For more details and a look at the menu, see our previous story below.

ORIGINAL STORY (Dec. 15, 2020)

A new eatery called Venecia Italian Restaurant in south Kettering traces its roots to another Italian restaurant in north Kettering.

Venecia Italian Restaurant is gearing up to open in the next week or two at 1980 E. Whipp Road just west of Bigger Road, in the building that previously housed McGillicutty’s Pub. Its founders are the husband-and-wife team of Arsim and Tina Aliu and members of their family, some of whom worked for several years at Jimmy’s Italian Kitchen on Woodman Drive near East Dorothy Lane. Jimmy’s was launched by Arsim Aliu’s brother-in-law; it was sold to new ownership in 2014.

“We are back in Kettering,” Arsim Aliu said.

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Venecia will serve lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday, closed on Mondays. The menu includes a wide variety of pizzas and pasta dishes, as well as sub sandwiches, calzones/stromboli, New York-style rolls, salads, appetizers and desserts. Interior seating is available, as is carryout.

The pasta dishes include spaghetti, ziti, lasagna, manicotti, ravioli and stuffed shells. Dinner entrees also include Fettucine Alfredo, Shrimp Scampi, Gnocchi, Pierogies, Eggplant Rollatini, Chicken Primavera, Veal Cutlet Parmigiana and Linguini with white or red clam sauce.

Sub sandwiches include meatball parmesan, sausage parmesan, ham and cheese, salami and cheese, and Philly steak and cheese. Desserts include baklava, cheesecake, cannoli and tiramisu.

McGillicutty’s Pub shut its doors in December 2018 after 24 years, and the space has been vacant since.

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For more information, check out www.facebook.com/VeneciaItalianRestaurant. After it opens, the restaurant can be reached at 937-567-0756.

Venecia Italian Restaurant is gearing up to open in the former McGillicutty's Pub space at 1980 E. Whipp Road in Kettering. MARK FISHER/STAFF

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Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.