Please pass the salt

St. Petersburg will get a salty taste in January.

That's when Naples chef Fabrizio Aielli opens the second location of his award-winning restaurant Sea Salt at Sundial St. Pete in downtown St. Petersburg.

Sea Salt St. Pete is scheduled to open in mid-January in a 12,000-square-foot space on the retail complex's second floor. It will offer both indoor and outdoor seating for 300 diners, a 20-foot-tall wine tower with 6,000 bottles, an 80-foot long raw bar where diners can choose from 20 varieties of oysters, a lounge and a private chef's dining room.