Husband-and-wife chef team Edgar and Kim Katz Alvarez, who met at the late Striped Bass, plan to open Avenida in September. An affordable (everything under $20), neighborhood-friendly Latin, the newcomer will land in the old Cresheim Cottage Cafe space at 7402 Germantown Avenue.
Sports bar Landmark Americana is looking at a winter opening for its outpost inside Drexel University's new recreation center at 3333 Market Street.