San Sebastian, Meet Frank. Frank, Meet San Sebastian.

The Lower East Side outpost of Frankies shut their doors earlier this week for a quick makeover.  They will reopen tonight as Francesca, a Basque-style restaurant headed by chef Ryan Bartlow.  He made the move from Frankies 570, on Hudson Street, to the new-old location at 17 Clinton Street.  His experience working at Akelarre, a three-Michellin-star restaurant in San Sebastian, shows on Francesca's menu.  There's an attached glossary that will conveniently save the servers the hassle of answering the same question 7,318 times a night.  Good move.

Katie O'Donnell, formerly of Esca, has taken over at 570.

Parma to Iberico; Frankies 17 Switches Hams March 23rd

Katie O'Donnell left Esca and went to work with the Franks.  She replaced Ryan Bartlow at Frankies 570.  Bartlow, who knows a thing or two about Spanish food, is going to the L.E.S. Frankies at 17 Clinton Street.

The restaurant is going to close March 21st, see a two day, Restaurant Impossible-style makeover, and open on the 23rd as a Basque restaurant dubbed Francesca.

There's Something Fishy Going On at Frankies 570

When Dave Pasternack left Esca to head up Eataly's Il Pesce restaurant in 2010, Chef de Cuisine Katie O'Donnell got a littler busier.  Eater brings us the news that now, after seven years at Esca, she heads to Frankies 570 on Hudson Street in Manhattan, the newest addition in the Frank and Frank empire.