Stout, the Irish pub being developed in a former furniture store at 904 Broadway in Albany by Mike Graney, owner of Graney’s Bar & Grill on New Scotland Avenue, will have a soft opening Wednesday through Friday next week, May 25 to 27. Full service is slated to begin Tuesday, May 31.

A block north, in a former bank on Broadway at Pleasant Street, the rock and country bar called The Barrel Saloon is hoping to open Wednesday, June 1, co-owner Alessio Depoli tells me.

I do not have more information on either place at the moment.