Melograno, one of the best-received of the recent crop of mom-and-pop BYOs, has lost its lease after five years.
July 28 will be its last day at 22d and Spruce Streets, says Rosemarie Tran, who owns Melograno with her husband, Gianluca Demontis.
They're relocating to 2010 Sansom St. -- same name and concept -- and hope to be up and running in September, taking advantage of their usual August vacation.
As for the space at 22d and Spruce ... No one's talking yet, but it would seem logical that landlord Andrew Krouk will try to install chef David Katz in that space. Krouk and Katz had tried to get a liquor license into the building at 24th and Locust that houses Sandy's Luncheonette, but ran afoul of the neighbors.