On April 2, industry veterans Chloe Frechette and Paul McGee will open their first project together, a tropical bar with a rum-forward menu called Echo Lake (357 Grand St.).

Echo Lake is an evolution of McGee’s award-winning Chicago bar, Lost Lake. Rum has been a central theme in Frechette and McGee’s lives since the two met on a tour of a rum distillery in Guatemala. Though the couple lives in the East Village, they said that…

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