This just in from a GL Reader about the identity of the new restaurant on Seventh Avenue that will occupy the Seventh Avenue space where Tempo Presto was located: It will be a Mexican restaurant called Barrio. Here’s what our reader wrote:

So I got the scoop. I was walking down 7th and I peaked in and asked what was coming… The owner was there and he was as nice as can be. He said the restaurant is going to be called Barrio. He gave me his business card, showed me around… They seem to have only done cosmetic work (new tiles, some decorative woodwork, etc.). It looks like it’s going to be a very cool place. Could 7th Ave finally be getting hip?? The chef is from Mexico and he said the food will be super authentic. Yum!

So, that’s the Exclusive Big Scoop.