1) East Village: The new expansion area on the side of East Village's Stromboli is getting closer to completion. [PLYWOOD]
2) Hell's Kitchen: Life with Food and Drink notices a new branch of Grand Sichuan is going in on West 46th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. [PLYWOOD]
3) Greenwich Village: Jeremiah Moss discovers that a location of NutBox, a growing chain of nut stores, is opening on 8th Street in the former Big Bag space. [PLYWOOD]
4) East Village: A check in at the upcoming Cuban restaurant/bar/hang out Cienfuegos on 6th and A revealed they are still a month and a half out from opening. [PLYWOOD]
5) Sunset Slope: Brownstoner reports that a new pizza place called Barro is opening "under the giant behemoth apartment complex on 23rd and 4th ave known as 725 4th ave, which looks like a mental hospital from the outside." [PLYWOOD]
6) Brooklyn Heights: A new coffee shop called 139 @tlantic is replacing Abitare on Henry. It will offer "fair trade coffee, live entertainment, interesting furniture, contemporary artifacts and a unique atmosphere.” [PLYWOOD]