Tuscan king makes move on Prince

Pino Luongo, a pioneer in popularizing Tuscan cuisine in America, is branching out to Soho.

Luongo, who runs the successful Morso on East 59th Street, has signed a lease to launch an eatery in the former Milady’s bar space at 160 Prince St., at the corner of Thompson.

The 1,850-square-foot restaurant is expected to open in the fall. The deal was brokered by Eastern Consolidated principal James Famularo for the landlord and Eastern’s Jeff Geoghegan and Greg Goldberg for the tenant. The “ask” on the 10-year lease was $35,000 per month.

In his illustrious career, Florence-born Luongo launched acclaimed Manhattan restaurants including Il Cantinori, Coco Pazzo, Tuscan Square and Centolire.

Famularo noted that Morso, launched in 2011, “has become a Sutton Place mainstay attracting A-listers such as Donna Karan, Henry Kissinger and Jonathan Tisch. Now he’ll be bringing his culinary gifts to a Soho location with a rich history.”

Milady’s drew its own boldface customers, including Madonna and Bruce Springsteen, until it closed in 2014 after nearly 80 years.

Those devils at Amazon! They said they were opening their first brick-and-mortar bookstore in the city at Time Warner Center, where it’s under construction. But they didn’t mention a second one — at Vornado’s 7 W. 34th St. across the street from the Empire State Building.

Our source for this welcome news? Big signs in the windows promising a spring opening. Let a thousand bookstores bloom!

Realty Check gets action dept.: A few weeks ago, we reported on uptown Third Avenue’s many retail vacancies. We mentioned that small as well as large landlords were asking for rents that couldn’t be obtained. The tenement building at 1330 Third Ave. at 76th St. was asking $420,000 for just 1,500 square feet.

Now, the price has been slashed to a mere $360,000 a year. Maybe the guys with 20,000 square feet will take the hint.