Bar Primi Has Primed Its Primo Neon

Lookin’ good! Bar Primi, the casual pasta spot that Andrew Carmellini is bringing to the old Peels space just got some neon signage, and it was all lit up last night. Last we heard, the restaurant was aiming to open next month.

Also last night: Tom Rinaldi — author of the New York Neon book and blog — led a tour of the East Village and Lower East Side’s neon signs. Check out designer Jay Boucher’s Vine, below, for a glimpse of what ya missed.

And watch Rinaldi hold forth about neon in this Wall Street Journal video: