The Breakfast Bar. If you are looking for a breakfast place with a hip, urban vibe, or if you are just getting home from an all-nighter, head to The Breakfast Bar on Worcester’s June Street. Locally sourced products, locally roasted coffee and virgin Bloody Mary’s are featured. What more can you ask for? The Breakfast Bar is located at 119 June St., at the corner of Chandler. It will be open by mid-March.
It’s all Greek to me. Meze, a Greek tapas restaurant, recently opened its doors on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street. This Italian-American neighborhood may never be the same. Meze serves small plates of authentic Greek specialties such as grilled octopus, grilled calamari, grape leaves and about 30 other small meals for tasting and sharing.
Speaking of Greek food. If you are on the other side of Worcester, try Zorba’s Taverna on James Street. Zorba’s also serves Greek food and has a second place in Charlton.
Mezcal moves and reopens. Mezcal has opened at its new location on Major Taylor Boulevard, across from the DCU Center. The new Mezcal is about 7,000 square feet with a great bar area. The bar area alone is bigger than the former restaurant, which was on Shrewsbury Street. The night we were there ~ a Thursday in early February ~ the place was packed and hopping. Check out the myriad of margaritas. It looks like Niche Hospitality, headed by Mike Covino, has another winner on its hands.
The Fix is in. The Fix is the name of the new burger place that Niche Hospitality will open on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street, in the location that was occupied by Mezcal. It is expected to open in late March or early April. We will keep you posted on the details
Jambo. That is the name of the new restaurant going in at 43 W. Boylston St., across from the CVS. Jambo will be a Kenyan Restaurant, maybe the first in the area. It is great to see the new immigrants to America doing the same things that our grandparents did. Watch for the opening and check it out.
But can he pick grapes? Andy McWilliams has taken over the range at J’s Restaurant at the Nashoba Valley Winery in Bolton. McWilliams formerly worked at the Carnegie Abbey Club in Portsmouth, R.I. He is a graduate of the CIA in Hyde Park, New York.
Forget about it. It appears that Johnny Fugata on Worcester’s Belmont Street is closed. This was the second restaurant owned by John Piccolo, of Shrewsbury Street’s Piccolo’s. According to sources, the full-service restaurant, with a liquor license, may be for sale. Piccolo recently updated the former Dangelo’s that was located there for a decade.