South Boulder is getting its next big restaurant headliner. Top Chef winner and Blackbelly owner Hosea Rosenberg is bringing Morso, an Italian-American restaurant and bar, to the Table Mesa Shopping Center at 627 A South Broadway, taking over the former Under the Sun space. The project is slated to debut in spring or summer 2026 and is aiming squarely at family dinners and date nights with pizza, housemade pastas and red-sauce classics.
“At its core, Morso is rooted in respect for simple, humble, exceptional ingredients, and that’s what excites me most,” Rosenberg said in an announcement. Diners can expect wood-fired pizzas, housemade pastas, rigatoni alla vodka, mafaldine bolognese and a playful spin on the giant mozzarella-stick trend, according to Westword.
Menu and Drinks
The name Morso, Italian for “bite,” hints at a concept built on straightforward cooking and East Coast family recipes. The restaurant’s official site lists the project as coming to the Table Mesa Shopping Center in 2026 and identifies Little Piggy Hospitality, the team behind Blackbelly and Santo, as the group backing the venture. Locals can sign up for updates on the official site, Morso.
Rosenberg's Track Record
Rosenberg, who opened Blackbelly in 2014, has since grown a small cluster of local concepts that includes Santo and a Blackbelly Market expansion into Denver. Those moves, and Blackbelly’s staying power in Boulder, have been covered by the Denver Business Journal.
What It Means For Table Mesa
The Table Mesa space has been vacant since Under the Sun left, and local newsletters have already tagged Morso as a notable arrival for South Boulder. Early coverage suggests the new pasta and pizza spot could help inject fresh energy into the shopping center. The Nibbles column in Boulder Reporting Lab carried the initial community note and linked out to the restaurant’s sign-up page.
