• JunXion Bar, 63 E. Congress St. It was scheduled to be open this week but you might want to doublecheck that. The plans were to be open daily serving cocktails, 20 beers on tap and featuring live music and parlor games. The plan was to have food but not from its own kitchen. Instead it was looking to do partnerships with nearby restaurants that will run food over. An out-of-the box approach that I, as a former restaurateur, am a bit skeptical about. Still I’d like to see it first-hand. www.downtowntucson.org/locations/the-junxion-bar

• Saint House, 256 E. Congress St. Nicole Flowers and Travis Reese, proprietors of 47 Scott and the adjacent speakeasy bar Scott & Co., are working on this as their next big adventure. Taking over the space formerly occupied by Sharks Lounge, Saint House will sport a Caribbean theme and feature cuisine from regions where rum is distilled — think Miami, Fla., Barbados and Venezuela. Saint House should be open by the latter part of January and given the success that Flowers and Reese have had with their first foray into downtown dining, the anticipation will be high.

• Diablo Burger, 312 E. Congress St. A popular place in Flagstaff, the owners have picked downtown for their second location.

• Good Oak Bar, 316 E. Congress St. It will be next door to and owned by the same ownership of Diablo Burger.

• Proper, 300 E. Congress St. Touts that it will feature a farm-to-table menu for dinner and brunch.

• An as yet-to-be-named restaurant, 50 E. Broadway, is in the final stages of constructin by Ron and Patricia Schwabe of Peach Properties. The Schwabes are extensively involved in the downtown real estate scene and had a prior downtown restaurant presence with Tooley’s Café that once was on Congress and is now on South Park Avenue in the Lost Barrio district. The new restaurant will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner featuring Mexican fare. Look for an early January opening.

Contact Michael Luria at mjluria@gmail.com.