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.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a Cambridge Black History Project Black Trailblazers event and exhibit, “Life is a Cabernet” show, plenty of readings, comedy and music, a Moth story slam and an intro to Mastodon, the Twitter alternative.

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.

Public meetings this week look at police department protocols, processes and training that might have led to a resident’s death; cannabis sellers; the Volpe parcel in Kendall Square; public school art; charter changes around budgeting; and more.

The ManRay club reopens Saturday in Central Square, more than 17 years after closing at its original Brookline Street location. Don’t expect to get in the first night.

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.

Roust Coffee, which plans to open in the Harvard Square location of the closed Darwin’s Ltd. coffee shop, will seem familiar – right down its manager.

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

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, an MLK tradition in East Cambridge adds Coretta Scott King to the mix, an MIT event examines some scary stuff, the Boston Celtic Music Fest returns for its 20th year and much, much more.

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.