So Maba Grill may have closed, but it seems, just as I suspected, that the same folks are behind Yummy Pho, soon to open in the same spot downtown later this month, with an expanded Vietnamese menu.

From Scratch Café is open in Winterville, at 135 Cherokee Rd., featuring very generic-looking food photography on its website but promising fresh breads along with breakfast and lunch Tuesday through Saturday.

What was once Blockbuster Video on Gaines School Road (in the Village at Cedar Shoals shopping center) is due to become a Dunkin Donuts, with a drive-through.

Bought by new owners in March of this year, The Savory Spoon in Jefferson has converted itself into a locavore-oriented restaurant, with specials from around the globe and menus posted regularly on Facebook.

Fox's Pizza is replacing the concessions space vacated by Jittery Joe's at Athens Tech.

Heirloom Café is having a birthday party for its first anniversary, Sunday, June 17, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Fifteen bucks gets you all the BBQ, burgers (meat and veggie), sides and cake you can cram in your face. Cash bar. The restaurant has also been busy competing in various "best of" contests around town, winning best grits at ATHICA and best biscuit at the Georgia Museum of Art. It plans, next, to enter the chili cookoff at the Georgia Theatre Saturday, June 16.

Farm Cart is now closed Mondays (boo) to prep for the week ahead.