From a sleek new café with matcha and soft serve drinkable desserts to an upcoming Yemeni roastery, here are the latest Boston restaurant openings, dining news, and food events to know right now.
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About Thyme Lebanese Street Café
If this upcoming quick-service Harvard Square spot has anything to say about it, it’s time to gear up for a hot saj summer. A staple in Lebanese cooking, a saj is a domed griddle, perfect for making flatbread (also called saj). When this 13-seat bakery opens, the crisp bread will be the cuisine cornerstone, cooked fresh on the electric saj and then used as the base for wraps of spiced chicken, kafta, and other delights. Find labneh—rich, strained yogurt, with sweet and savory toppings—on offer, too. Five kinds of lemonade, along with iced coffee and matcha drinks will offer cooling fuel-ups.
Opening date: August
1 Brattle Square, Cambridge
C’Yool Yemeni Café and Bakery
A sprawling, sunlit-spot that’s been sitting vacant for two years is about to buzz with new life. And plenty of freshly roasted coffee. Ahmed Mahmood, the owner of beloved Cambridge Yemeni eatery, Bab Al-Yemen, is firing up the enormous wood-burning oven in the former home of chef Michael Serpa’s Iberian restaurant, Atlantico. Pop in and perk up with coffee and espresso drinks, with beans roasted right in the restaurant. Or, hunker down and stay awhile in the inviting, rustic-inspired 115-seat café and steep in the menu of Yemeni fare, with dishes that wander across Middle Eastern and European influences. Delights include sabayah (a crisp Yemeni layered pastry) and sweet honeycomb bread, with fresh flatbreads with a host of toppings if you prefer to sate your appetite with something savory…