Season to Taste relocates, settling in as new kid on the strip between Porter and Harvard squares with offerings that blend New England fresh and Southern fried. 

Asian-inspired sandwich and bowl seller Bon Me is coming to the North Point neighborhood and a few locations for restaurants have come on the market.

Vincent’s, a Kendall Square space that evolved from Café Du Pays during the Covid lockdown, could be summed up as Southern barbecue meets south of the border.

The curious title of the Davis Square eatery refers to a Thai table condiment that is essentially chili flakes, salt and fish oil. The restaurant adds it to most everything it serves. And talk about spicy – we’re talking new levels of just what four chilis mean.

Local folks don’t generally get fired up about hotel restaurants, for fair reasons, but the Sheraton Commander’s Nubar makes for good dining for anyone.

The Korean restaurant Chocho’s closed Monday in Cambridge’s Porter Square, thanking its customers “graciously for your patronage” since the opening in 2004.

Yakitori Totto is a spare yet cozy Japanese cafe specializing in yakitori and boasting a distinct, late-night izakaya vibe in Assembly Row, an urban super mall that can feel commercial and big box.

What’s happening in Cambridge’s kitchens? There’s a vegetable-focused newsletter from Clover and a $35 prix fixe menu for The Lexington, both just for January.

Now that the new year is upon us and folks will want to eat healthier, can we talk kimchi and quinoa? There’s an excellent option at Revival Cafe in Alewife.

Pagu is back to the core business of fine Spanish-Asian fusion feeding, with dishes such as a tangy hamachi sashimi appetizer, sublime spicy knife-cut noodles entree, brilliantly contrasting Black Sesame Tofu and smart cocktails.