Neighborhood joint, approachable food — that’s the message coming from Bret Springs and Zach Marten about The Wise Guy, their new Crossroads bar and restaurant. “Casual red-sauce Italian,” Springs said, “and a relatively aggressive happy hour.”

“Pizza, pasta, martinis, cocktails,” Marten said. “You could do a date here, but the game’s on TV too.” The Wise Guy is a bit more ambitious than that might sound. It’s hard not to be ambitious at 1924 Main St., an address suffused with as much hospitality history as just about any other in the city.