Joe and Kelly Proctor, who opened Caskade Kitchen & Bar in Cohoes in early 2018, have signed a lease to create a taco-themed restaurant in the small Troy space that was home for 13 months, until the end of May, to The Little Rice Ball, just south of downtown. The building, on the corner of Fourth and Liberty streets, for historical reasons technically has an address of 6 Franklin Place.

Joe Proctor, who is the chef at Caskade and is creating the new menu, tells me he’s defining the taco concept loosely, aiming not for authentic Mexican but more toward Latin-American flavor profiles with some Asian influence. The beverage program will emphasizes margaritas, which led to the name of the new venture: The Daisy (“margarita” in Spanish).

A very rough opening-day estimate is Nov. 1, dependent on the liquor license and other permits and the pace of interior remodeling, which the Proctors tell me will be largely cosmetic. The kitchen, at barely more than a year old, needs almost nothing done to it, Joe Proctor says.

Although their first restaurant is only 20 months old, the pair said the small scale of the new space — it seats 34, including at the bar — and an excellent staff at Caskade that can be cross-trained to work at both restaurants, made it possible for them to move forward on a new venture.