Two restaurants have opened next to Bravo in the last year, a sushi-Thai restaurant and a new vegan fast-casual restaurant. Dickson rattled off all the options in the strip malls along the causeway: BurgerFi, Five Guys, Duffy’s Sports Bar. “People say, ‘Those aren’t Italian restaurants — they’re a different style,’ ” Dickson says. “Let me tell you, anybody that opens their door and serves food is a competitor.”