Morning Reads: Restaurant Incubation, New Charter School, Grand Street is Grand

The LES and the East Village are “meccas for concept creativity” in the restaurant world. (Commercial Observer)

Great Oaks Charter School is opening on Monroe Street, in the former St. James and St. Joseph building. (DNA Info)

From the Bowery to the Big Easy: a concert promoter born on the LES expands south. (NYT)

An appreciation of Grand Street. (NYT)