The ever-expanding list of dining options in the Lower East Side is about to get longer and greener. Coming in the first week of March is a new Modern Vegetarian called Broadway East with chef Lee Gross (ex LA's M Café de Chaya) at the helm. Focusing on fresh fare, Gross, who has worked as Gwyneth Paltrow's personal chef, plans to source ingredients within 500 miles when possible. Designed and owned by the architects Joel Barkley and Ron Castellano and the contractor Joel Wong, Broadway East attempts to further up its green cred by boasting a "soil-based" back wall covered in plant life (171 East Broadway).