East Passyunk looks like a street on the rise. Besides Izumi, the casual B2 and the new Da Vinci, two restaurants up for the 1900 block are well under construction.
Mariano Herrerias, who announced the South Philly branch of Adobe Cafe in March, is about a month from opening at 1919 E. Passyunk. The holdup, he says, is not the construction. It's the liquor license. Soon as the transfer is complete, he plans to open.
Nick Miglino is aiming for the week before Labor Day for Sticks & Stones,his pub at 1909 E. Passyunk. Miglino says he and his son have been doing the work themselves, so they've been proceeding deliberately.