Longtime downtown Raleigh restaurant asks for public's help amid constructionThe owner of Vic's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria took to social media to alert the public that the restaurant is open despite ongoing construction happening in City Market. The owner of Vic's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria took to social media to alert the public that the restaurant is open despite ongoing construction happening in City Market. The owner of Vic's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria took to social media to alert the public that the restaurant is open despite ongoing construction happening in City Market. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A longtime downtown Raleigh business is asking for the community's help to keep its doors open amid construction woes. said Vic's owner Mario Longo, "Downtown is feeling it, you know, especially a small business like us."