The cozy, beloved basement and back-patio space at 200 Lark St. in Albany is becoming a wine bar again.

Called Post, it is being redeveloped by August Rosa, who owns Pint Sized, a bar and bottle shop with locations on Lark Street and in Saratoga Springs, and business partners Craig Dutra and Nicholas Warchol, who co-own the D.P. Dough calzone franchise in Albany.

Rosa tells Steve Barnes' Table Hopping blog a spring opening in planned. Post's focus will be on wine, with seasonally changing selections of craft beer, cocktails and small-plate fare.

Trudy Steier, who tended bar at the space in an earlier incarnation, will oversee the beverage program, and the head chef will be Abigail Rudy, who was sous chef there when it was the Wine Bar and Bistro. Rudy later furthered her culinary and baking experience at Rivertown Lodge in Hudson and, in Troy, Placid Baker and Peck's Arcade.

Rosa says:

"I am absolutely thrilled to get this project off the ground. The vibrant Lark Street corridor has always been one of my favorite spots in upstate New York. Having experienced close to a year of success with Pint Sized at 250 Lark, I can assure you that the block is on the upswing. You have legacy businesses that have been anchoring the neighborhood for years coupled with a new wave of Lark bringing new and fresh ideas to the table. We look forward to pushing the envelope with our friends up and down the block. I wouldn't be invested in this project if I didn't have 100% confidence in the state of Lark Street."

Post's website has links to its other social media.

The space became a restaurant in 2002, when the owner of 200-202 Lark St. renovated two adjoining basements to create Antica Enoteca Old World Wine Bar. It later was the Wine Bar and Bistro for 7½ years and, more recently, Lark & Lily Wine Bar & Kitchen for 20 months and Mio Posto for less than 16 months.