Mexican Food Coming to Smith Street

There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks over who would take over the primo restaurant space  on the Carroll Gardens corner of Union and Smith Streets—a space formerly, an unspectacularly, filled by the lackluster Union Smith Cafe. Well, this written message in the front window appears to answer the question. It will be called Diego (as reported on a couple sites Dec. 7) and run by chef Philip Mercedes. Certainly a lot of Mexican food in the area of late. Nothing in the window about Ivy Stark.