Swath of Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood to hit auction block

Little Italy’s former Ciao Bella restaurant and a parking lot that once hosted hundreds for outdoor movie nights will hit the auction block in foreclosure next month, a sale that could mean more changes for the popular neighborhood. The Oct. 11 auction will include the three-story brick building at 236 S. High St. and its six market-rate apartments in the heart of Little Italy. The sale will include the adjacent parking lot at 230 S. High St. that was both a lot for the then-nearby Da Mimmo restaurant and the annual Italian-themed film festival that always kicked off with “Moonstruck.”