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After Chilango's opening caused queues down Fleet Street, a second location of the burrito bonanza is coming to Islington. The Upper Street location will open on 28 February and once again free burritos will be available for those who queue up on day one. To keep hungry patrons happy, there will also be live Mexican music and Corona beers ...

Pierre Calmels, who in November left as chef de cuisine at Le Bec-Fin, is working on a February opening for Bibou, a smallish, French BYO at 1009 S. Eighth St. in the Italian Market, where Pif used to be. Calmels' wife, Charlotte, will work the front of the house. John Mims, who left Carmine's and Les Bons Temps rather suddenly last ...

Spruce Photo: Kevin Bond With Wall Street facing a bumpy ride right now, it’s no surprise that a cheap-eats staple like the burger is more popular than ever. But don’t think that just means greasy fast-food grub – these two burger options (one already available, one coming soon) are slathering their ...

Five Guys Burgers and Fries, the popular Virginia-based burger chain, joins the patty party with two Massachusetts locations set to open soon. One is in a Stop & Shop shopping mall (160 Providence Hwy., Dedham), and the other is in Patriot Place (1 Patriot Pl., Foxborough), an expansive lifestyle mall at Gillette Stadium. Boston ...

L'Espalier's original space is in its final days. photo: Courtesy of L'Espalier Chef Frank McClelland’s renowned L’Espalier, long situated in a Back Bay townhouse, has confirmed that it will open on Monday, September 15th, in its new home on the second floor of the Mandarin ...

Chelsea's Manicomio will open its offshoot in the City, Manicomo Gutter Lane, on Monday. Set in the new striking three-story Sir Norman Foster–designed building, the Italian destination will have a ground-floor cafe and takeaway, a first-floor restaurant and the second-floor Roundhouse Bar (named after the original Roman Roundhouse ...

Fans of Gillian Clark's Colorado Kitchen should plan their farewell visits to the kitschy American that's closing this summer (likely in July) to make way for condos. Her next venture, General Store, a more casual, counter-serve American, is set in an historic Forest Glen building that she's been retrofitting since ...

River North gets two new culinary contenders as Graham Elliot Bowles abandons Avenues for his eponymous restaurant, Graham Elliot, coming this spring to the former Allen’s space (217 W. Huron St.), and Govind Armstrong readies Table 8. With locations of Table 8 on both coasts (L.A., South Beach), Armstrong – protégé of ...

Lo and behold, finally a restaurant says it’s closing temporarily and it’s actually true. Schwa-tchers report that chef-owner Michael Carlson is busy readying the reopening of his tiny Wicker Park New American BYO that garnered so much attention and then closed abruptly in October ‘07. Following minor decor changes and ...