A Monkton restaurant that closed last summer has reopened with a new name and expanded menu.

The former La Mia Cucina, at the intersection of Shepperd and Troyer roads, is now the Painted Pig.

Owners Phil Tagliaferri and his wife, Nancy Wallis, bought a smoker and now serve pork and chicken barbeque, as well as smoked beef.

The restaurant still serves items like chicken and tuna salad sandwiches, hamburgers and steak subs.

Wallis said she has added a household consignment area to a small tack shop that sells supplies and equipment to equestrians.

Wallis leases the building, which had been a general store with gas pumps, a convenience store and a deli over the past 50 years.

La Mia Cucina received conditional approval for a Class B liquor license to sell beer, wine and liquor in October 2006. Before they could get the license, Wallis and Tagliaferri were required to have Baltimore County agencies approve a site plan for the property that showed, among other things, adequate parking for customers.

The plan was never approved, so the license was never issued and has since been voided.

The owners of Strapasta Restaurant in the Manor Center in Jacksonville have since applied for the liquor license. Their hearing is scheduled for June 1 at 2 p.m.

The Painted Pig is open Tuesday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information on the restaurant, call 410-472-1262.

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