Paul Giorgio

Pulse Street Food Festival. The first annual Pulse Street Food Festival featuring 15 food tucks, live music and lots of other activities will take place July 20 from 5-9 p.m. at the Greater Good Brewery on Worcester’s Millbrook Street. There will be plenty of free parking. For tickets visit pulsestfoodtruckfest.com.

TOSS Up. The judges have decided! The winner of the best food at June’s Taste of Shrewsbury Street is the Vintage Grille. There was a tie for 2nd place between Meze and Simjang. Miranda Bread won an award for the best dessert on the street and The Flying Rhino Café was chosen as the best Party on the Street. The semi-annual event will return Columbus Day weekend, with a Sunday afternoon version. About 3,000 people braved the weather to enjoy food and music on Worcester’s restaurant row.

Take the bait. It looks like a new seafood restaurant will soon be opening in Worcester’s Lincoln Plaza. There is a sign on the former Plaza Azteca touting the opening of Hook & Line with a picture of seafood. No news on an opening date.

Just in time for Bastille day. Rumor has it that a French restaurant will be opening on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street. It will open in the space that formerly housed Meze until they recently moved down the street.

Won’t you come home Bill Brady? Rumor has it that Bill Brady the former owner of Princeton’s Sonoma, before they moved to the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester has left the restaurant.

World Champion. Geoffrey Esper of Oxford surprisingly defeated World Eating Champion Joey Chestnut for the Donnettes eating championship recently in Austin,Texas. Esper ate 257 Donettes in six minutes. This event took place on national donut day

We are wondering. We hear that the iconic Wonder Bar Restaurant which has been around for almost 100 years, will soon expand and do outdoor dining. This would cut down the wait time at the Shrewsbury Street eatery long known for its thin crust pizza

Some open, some close. A new restaurant will soon open in the space that once housed the old Keepers Pub on Route 12. Table 12 will be owned by the same folks who own the widely popular Black & White Grille in Spencer.

Closer to home finds, two new Worcester restaurants opening the last week of June. Scruffy Murphy’s the younger version of Funky Murphy on Shrewsbury Street opened in Worcester’s Tatnuck Square. While Russo’s Italian restaurant opened the same week in the Canal District. And one closed. We hear that the Azorean Bistro in Quinsigamond Village closed its doors recently. This was a family spot that served Portuguese food from the Azores.

In the District. Vibrations Nightclub will be the name of the place opening on Water Street where the District was formerly located. The new owner is Mike O’Bara who also recently purchased the 3 G’s on Worcester’s Millbury Street.

It’s ruff out there. Beatnik’s on Worcester’s Park Avenue has come up with a great idea -Yappy Hour. You can bring your pet – sit outside and enjoy doggie themed Cocktails. They are also raising money for the Worcester Animal Rescue League. Check it out for dates and times.

It’s not Munich but. Worcester’s first new entertainment venue in downtown opened the last week of June. The Pavilion at the Beer Garden holds about 300 people in a state-of-the-art music pavilion across the street from the Worcester Common. According to manager Leigh Urbano, they will host a variety of music at the venue.