Covina

They’ve already tackled omakase sushi and rooftop cocktailing inside the Park South Hotel; now Boston-based couple Tim and Nancy Cushman (O Ya, the Roof at Park South) are getting into the pizza-and-pasta business with this 70-seat Mediterranean dining room connected to the hotel’s lobby, set with a U-shaped bar, colorful banquette seating and a copper-tiled Stefano Ferrara pizza oven visible through the open kitchen. That wood-fired hearth is responsible for charring pies like a traditional Margherita, a brussels-sprouts option and a salsiccia topped with roasted red peppers and mozzarella. Pastas, like a faro farfalle with braised greens, are house-made, and mains include lamb kofta skewers with charred-garlic yogurt and a bone-in tomahawk rib eye with porcini-kombu-dashi au jus. A soon-to-open adjacent café offshoot will serve Counter Culture Coffee options plus takeaway pastries and sandwiches from chef Deanie Hickox.