More restaurant comings and goings

[ron_newman]

Out of the Blue, the fish restaurant at Highland and Cutter Avenue, has a sign in the window saying it is moving to 215 Elm Street. This is the storefront formerly occupied by Pluto, next door to the Rosebud.

On Mass. Ave., between Day and Dover streets, a vacant storefront has a sign announcing that the 'GRAND PRIX CAFE' is coming soon. (Hmm... the High Price Coffee?). This is in the short block of stores that also contains a Thai and a Bengali restaurant.

Comments

[georgy.livejournal.com]

Mm, I like OotB, glad to hear they're moving closer into the Square.

Has anyone been to that new cafe in Davis next to Martsa? I never see anyone in there. I feel like the last thing that part of the Square needs is another cafe...

cafe next to Martsa

[ron_newman]

See this post, and its comments, from about three weeks ago.

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

I've been there. It's run by the same people who run Martsa. So you can get funky tibetan pastries & chutneys with your coffee as a switch from scones & bagels. But yeah, I think another coffee place in Davis is probably a bad investment.

Good seafood on the other hand . . .

[siderea]

I dunno. Every place else in the Square is such a zoo. I'm getting to be down on the Diesel because of how crowded and noisy it is (another point in favor of the adage "If you build it, they will come"). And I really miss Carberry's -- Oh Naturals! doesn't carry the things of Carberry's that I liked. :(

Bhoja has unfortunate hours: they close at 9pm. But the tibetan savories I had were quite good, and I'm motivated to go back.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I once went to Davis for coffee, and ended up at Porter Square books because Diesel, Someday, Starbucks, and O'Natural's were *all* packed. I am not at all convinced that Davis has met the local coffee demand.

But I agree about good seafood :).

new cafe

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

They have the best chicken noodle soup! And tasty sandwiches. And the cookies are to die for (they get them from an amazing bakery in, um, Watertown? I think). When I was back in town earlier this month I went in there prolly half a dozen times - and usually saw other people coming in, too - and intend to whenever I come back to visit. Sat down and ate there once, too - it was nice and peaceful, compared to the other cafes.

I think it is different enough from the larger coffee places, in its atmosphere and selection of desserts, that it isn't "just another coffee shop."

Re: new cafe

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

Arlington is where the baker is; Lakota has wonderful cookies. They also sell them at Pemberton Farms.