MEDFORD – Vittorio Ettore’s Medford restaurant, Bistro 5, was “basically 100% empty” at 7:30 p.m. on a Friday when a city official happened to stop in and suggested he needed a patio.Ettore was skeptical of the idea at first, he recalled Thursday. His Italian restaurant is at a busy intersection, and with the West Medford commuter rail station nearby, overlooks steady train and bus traffic.”There’s a lot going on in the streets, but she really got me inspired to actually do a […]