MediterraneanIl Cielo opened January 2012, then closed in April to reopen newly managed and staffed on Dec. 13, 2012. Gone is celebrity chef Loretto Paganini, her entourage, and high-brow menu. In: An enlarged bar space and menu to go with it, a simplified dinner menu, and Executive Chef Neil Griffin. The remastered bar — now named Cloud Nine Grille —...

The setting may be as vintage as the circa-1895 Island Inn and timeless as its gulf beach view, but the cuisine here is as contemporary as sushi, baked spinach-and-bacon oysters with saffron cream, fettuccine with sausage Bolognese and forest mushrooms, and crisp duck with corn pepper-cherry brandy sauce. Full liquor Reservations accepted Mediterranean