LIL CHARLIE'S Artan Gjoni will open this bar directly below the restaurant Ken & Cook, in NoLIta; Richard Diamonte is the chef at both.
Stefano and Lele opened this neighbourhood bar nearly 25 years ago, long before the students and fashionistas arrived, and this is where the locals go.
Christian Pappanicholas recently opened this narrow, rustic bar next to his Belgian restaurant, Resto.
LA BOTANERIA Roberto Santibañez has opened this little Mexican bar, which serves small plates delivering Latin tastes, across the street from his Brooklyn restaurant, Fonda: 427B Seventh Avenue (14th Street), Park Slope; (347) 987-3570, labotaneria.com.
A couple from Belfast moved to Orleans and opened this popular local bar.
GRAPPA WINE BAR By mid-June, Ed Kleefield will open this wine bar, long on local labels: 62 Main Street, Sag Harbor, N.Y., (631) 725-0055.
Instead, they are on track to open this clam bar in that space.
Openings THE CASTELLO PLAN On Feb. 26, Avi Shuker, the owner of Mimi's Hummus, will open this wine bar a couple of doors away.
TERROIR Marco Canora and Paul Grieco, who own Hearth down the street, will open this wine bar tonight: 413 East 12th Street; no phone yet, but callers can try Hearth, (646) 646-1300.
