After overseeing an ambitious two-year construction project, Carla Batista and Gustavo Nogueira are nearly ready to move the Larchmere location of Batuqui to its new home down the block. The last day of operation in its current spot will be Aug. 31st and the first day of service in the new space will be Sept. 2. (It's all business as usual at the Chagrin Falls location, which has been humming along for four years.)

The move takes the owners from a charming 130-year-old Victorian to an exquisite Craftsman-style structure built in 1922 that was long home to St. Paul’s Evangelical Church. Inside and out, the building impresses with soaring ceilings, stained glass windows and stunning fixtures.

“It’s a very special place,” says Batista.

The principal asset of the new space, however, is its

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