Paul Giorgio

More than just beer.  Wormtown Brewery on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street recently expanded its Tap room by taking over the space that was once home to Simjang and, before that, Sweet.

In addition to more seating, the brewery will be serving breakfast on Sundays compliments of the Miss Worcester Diner, another iconic landmark. During the week the Kitchen at Wormtown will be taken over by a variety of Worcester eateries such as Peppercorn’s, Birch Tree and a few of their neighbors on Shrewsbury Street.

Tiny houses, big flavors. Four tiny house-like structures on the patio of The Mill 185 in West Boylston allow guests the option of dining outside during the colder months.  Each tiny house has a couple of heating towers to keep diners cozy.  Tony Topi owner of the Mill is the brains behind the tiny house feature.

In Worcester.  Brew City on Shrewsbury Street, which has been in hibernation since Jan. 17, recently reopened its doors after a two-month shutdown.  The restaurant opened in the middle of March.

Beer Garden to reopen.  The Beer garden opposite the Worcester Common is slated to open the middle of April.  They have been closed since November 2020.  The Beer Garden is part of the Grid District in Downtown Worcester.  We are waiting for word on when the other restaurants in the Grid District will reopen.   These include Franklin Street Fare, Revolution Pie + Pint and Craft Table & Bar.

It’s all Greek to me.  Meze on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street has reopened after closing for the winter.  They have great Greek Food in a very friendly atmosphere

Armsby Abbey set to reopen.  Worcester’s Armsby Abbey on Main Street is set to open in April.  We don’t have a date yet, but a Facebook post was letting their customers know they are back after a year’s hiatus due to Covid.

More rice.  Brown Rice 2 will soon open in the Wachusett Plaza in West Boylston.  The owner will be Achara Weydt who owns four other Thai restaurants: Brown Rice Thai Cuisine, Thai Time and Rice Violet, both in Worcester, and Thai and I Restaurant in Shrewsbury

It’s not a diner, drive-in or dive. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s new restaurant venture brings Flavortown to Westborough.  The Food Network star, whose shows include “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and “Guy’s Grocery Games,” has launched Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen, a chain of more than 100 restaurants that are operated within existing restaurants. One of the newest flavortown Kitchens is at Bertucci’s on Route 9 in Westborough.It may be Unique in Worcester.  The Unique Café, a Jamaican restaurant, recently opened its doors at 79 Millbury St., down by Patsy Dugan’s. The restaurant is owned by Nadine James.  The restaurant could be considered a spin-off from the Worcester food hub, where James worked before opening her own restaurant