Biggest news is that Cafe Bon Vivant on Bryant (“Dead Street”) is finally serving food, not just art. The menu is small and quite French in the simple style, and similarly with the wine list. Opened for lunch and dinner without much fanfare, and evinces a sense of comme-ci, comme-ça, no rush, we’ll figure this out. Not the Silicon Valley clock rate but perhaps a refreshing respite.

Coming soon to a hookah shop near you, the Red Brick Cafe will move in soon behind Mills Florist on University at Ramona, replacing Da Coffee Place (and Da Hookah Shop, too, I hope). Owner of the demised Place is on trial for murder and arson (in Palo Alto even) so a change is not surprising.

Coming soon to 101 Forest is a branch of Philz Coffee, the San Francisco roaster that runs a popular coffeehouse on Middlefield Road in Midtown. Look for an expanded menu because of a much larger seating area than Midtown.

Now back to Dead Street. Recall that it got its name after the arson fire above Walgreens took out pedestrian access to one side for over a year. The fire also took out the Subway sandwich shop on University. Well guess what’s coming back as downtown’s first 24-hour place for food: Subway. The new location is at 205 University, next to Häagen Dazs, replacing the AT&T-affiliated cellphone store. I didn’t know we needed food at 3:30 a.m. downtown; I hope they serve donuts.