Blogger Lockhart Steele, once again scouring the Lower East Side for signs of embryonic restaurants marked by boarded up storefronts, offers some freshly-gathered intel on places that are under development. Among them:
· On Broome, between Orchard & Ludlow: a tequila bar called "Barrio Chino."
· The former M&R Bar (Elizabeth, between Houston & Prince) is under development by the people who did "industry (food)"
· 258 Elizabeth - miscellaneous bi-level restaurant under development (Oooh! Finally! A T.G.I.Friday's in Nolita!...Kidding, kidding.)
· Keith McNally's German Jewish place on Norfolk & Rivington is set to open August 11th.
Neighborhood notebook [Lockhart Steele]