Cider! Cider! Cider! Photo: Melissa Hom

The team behind Queens Kickshaw has shifted its focus to cider for its second project: a Lower East Side bar named Wassail, which will offer close to 100 varieties by draught, in bottles, and by the glass. Apparently, America is in the midst of a cider renaissance, and Wassail will feature many local producers — as well as French, Spanish, British, Italian, and Irish ciders.

As for the food: Chef Joseph Buenconsejo’s all-vegetarian, British-leaning menu includes a mix of bar snacks (Scotch Eggs, jalapeño fritters, fried pastie) and composed dishes, like peas with smoked ricotta, asparagus, and morels, and layered potatoes with turnips, mustard greens, and gribiche. Take a look:

Fava, feta, tahini. Photo: Melissa Hom

Duck egg with barley, hedgehog mushroom, Brussels sprouts, and sorrel. Photo: Melissa Hom

English-pea cremeux with fenugreek and sugar-snap peas. Photo: Melissa Hom

Bunker’s Love Affair: suze, pommel, cidre. Photo: Melissa Hom

Black Oxford: mezcal, Basque vermouth, Eden Orleans bitters, mole bitters. Photo: Melissa Hom

Summer of Rambo: scotch, Pimm’s, lemon, cucumber, and cider. Photo: Melissa Hom

The space. Photo: Melissa Hom

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Wassail, 162 Orchard St., 646-918-6835