North End to Get New Bakery Cafe — With Chocolate

The North End will soon welcome a new artisan bakery cafe, headed by one of the city's well-known pastry chefs. 

Chef Lee Napoli, who owns the South End's Chocolee Chocolates, will soon open "Bread and Butter" at 64 Cross St. in the North End, the former location of Cafe Graffiti. Plans for the space were first announced late last summer. 

The new cafe will house 80 seats in a 2,500 space and will feature éclairs, croissants and handmade treats from Chocolee Chocolates. The menu will also include sandwiches, coffee and salads.

Lee, an accomplished chef and pastry chef, previously worked for consulted for many of Boston's top reastaurants, including Grill 23, Bricco, The Buttery in the South End and Sandrine's Bistro in Cambridge.