Belisimo’s Ristorante in Finksburg closes to make way for new Italian restaurant

Belisimo’s Ristorante, a landmark on the side of Baltimore Boulevard in Finksburg, will rebrand under new management.

Vasilis “Bill” Lericos and Eric Schlueter signed a lease Wednesday on the restaurant space, which sits along a heavily traveled thoroughfare near the border of Carroll and Baltimore counties. The business partners plan to open a new Italian eatery there late this summer.

Belisimo’s, a Finksburg fixture since 2005, closed in late April, said Francesco DiFatta, who owns the sit-down restaurant...