While continuing to recover from surgery, Giuliana Rancic is already plotting a huge 2012 and one of the highlights will be next month’s grand opening of her and Bill’s Italian restaurant in Chicago.
Giuliana exclusively revealed the new name of the 10,000 sq ft. eatery to E! News and it will be called RPM Italian.
The name comes from the last initials of the partners in the venture: the Rancics, chef Doug Psaltis and the Melman siblings, R.J., Jerrod and Molly.
Originally to be called Mama DePandi’s, “As we got further into the planning for the restaurant, we realized that the name Mama DePandi’s felt more Old World Italian, and this restaurant is anything but,” says Giuliana. “We are very excited to be this close to the opening and can’t wait for Chicago to experience the delicious food that Doug has been creating for the menu.”