The Barrel Saloon, which calls itself a “rock and roll country bar,” is being developed at 942 Broadway (at Pleasant Street), a former bank building that most recently was home to a nightspot called Club Matrix. The owners are Chris Pratt, a co-owner of Pearl Street Pub, and Alessio Depoli, a pharmacist making his first venture into the hospitality business. They are leasing the property from Matt Baumgartner, the owner of Bombers Burritos and the nearby Wolff’s Biergarten, who bought the bank building last year.

Pratt tells he hopes to open in the first or second week of May, after a round of renovations that will include a new bar. He plans to have six draft beers and a large selection of beer in cans. Food will be made off-site by a caterer, at least at first, and finished in the saloon’s small kitchen. On summer Fridays, Pratt says, he hopes to have a smoker on the property for barbecue.

Live music by country and southern-rock bands will be a regular feature, as will a mechanical bull. Expect to see NASCAR on at least six TVs.

The Barrel Saloon will be open daily, from lunch through late.

In addition to Wolff’s, celebrating its second birthday next week, the area is also home to the forthcoming Stout, by Graney’s owner Mike Graney, Thatcher Street Pub and Miss Albany Diner.