PhotobucketOK, so a fly can get snarky occa­sion­al­ly, but there’s plen­ty to get excit­ed about. The new Chews Lane has final­ly opened, and while only two of the hos­pi­tal­i­ty busi­ness­es there have opened so far (Fresh Take for sal­a­dy sand­wichy stuff, great for pre­vent­ing dia­betes, and Empo­rio for some sweet, sweet caf­feine), two more (Gotham and 3C) are due to open tomor­row and next week respec­tive­ly. Gotham looks to be most­ly a day-time café, but it will be licensed. 3C (named after the ear­ly build­ing own­ers, the Colo­nial Car­ry­ing Com­pa­ny) will be a “gas­tro bar”, and while that con­jures up awful­ly Hope Bros-ish images, a peek through the win­dows reveals some rel­a­tive­ly inter­est­ing touch­es to the decor, so it could be worth a try.

There are plen­ty more (re)openings on the hori­zon: after the jump.

  • Word is that Waga­ma­ma at Kumu­to­to will be open­ing about the mid­dle of next month (the date May 17th was being bandied about).
  • The for­mer Last Sup­per Club has reopened as Lager­field. Any­one tried it yet?
  • The ill-fat­ed Imerst is also set to reopen. I know, it seems like one of those cursed sites (Phoenix, Stage, Imerst), but gos­sip sug­gests that a top gun inte­ri­or design­er is on board, so these guys are seri­ous.
  • Speak­ing of ill-fat­ed, the long-emp­ty Allen St spot that was once Mates and the Play may be open­ing again, though not in the imme­di­ate future. Did some­one order a taxi?
  • Sim­ply Paris closed in Feb­ru­ary after a fire, but looks ready to go again. What’s more, they’ve tak­en the oppor­tu­ni­ty to tidy up the twee decor.
  • Anoth­er place set to rise from the ash­es (no, not Phoenix) is Burg­er Fuel. No word about Cubi­ta: I miss those plucky guys and their cute lit­tle café.
  • Who is Duke Cavell, and why are we so excit­ed about his Empo­ri­um?