What was Zao Noodle Bar is being remodeled for Oren’s Hummus Shop. (I’m listing in on the Restaurants page under Mediterranean. You have any better ideas?) I will provide details when they emerge.

By the way, Cafe Bon Vivant on Bryant (between University and Hamilton) is still not a cafe. They have been holding art exhibits and small recitals there. It does make a nice little gallery; I can’t imagine it’s optimal for chamber-music acoustics, however. Nor can I explain why it’s not being turned into a restaurant yet.

Speaking of taking forever, the renovation of the big old house just north of Tamarine on University Avenue is proceeding at a snail’s pace, and that might be a snail sliming backward. Will it be a restaurant? Will it be Crustacean? Will it finish in my lifetime? Stay tuned to this RSS feed for breaking stories.