A long-standing building at Main Street and 11 Mile Road in downtown Royal Oak has been reimagined as sister Italian restaurants.

The rooftop restaurant Bella Limone officially opened Thursday at 100 S. Main St., with plans to open Little Bella’s Pizza and Wine Bar below it this fall, as well as a banquet space that can accommodate large parties and events.

The building is the former home to Pinky’s Rooftop, Pearl’s Deep Dive, and Bohemia. While those restaurants were all different concepts, restaurant group Royal Oak Good Times founder Adam Merkel says Bella Limone and Little Bella will augment one another, and be run by all-new staffs.

“It’s a whole Italian complex,” Merkel says, adding, “They play off each other really well ... they’re similar cuisines, but they’re completely differe

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