Viral PopUp Bagels opened Friday at Suburban Square in Ardmore, serving hot unsliced bagels and rotating schmears. Local franchisees say this is the start of a regional rollout.

Connecticut-born Fresh Monkee is bringing its protein-shake concept to Southborough, targeting a late-spring 2026 opening in a Route 9–friendly retail strip.

A crew of Triangle chefs has opened Big Cat, a multi‑concept market, bar and restaurant in Raleigh’s East Mordecai with pop‑ups and year‑round soft‑serve.

Permit filings show Ale & Ivy will build a large sports bar and outdoor patio at Flyway Webster. Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2026.

Foxtail Coffee will open its first Tampa location May 1 at Casa Marti in Ybor City, bringing roasted-in-Orlando coffee, manual brews and a Cuban-inspired mural to East Seventh Avenue.

Michael Schulson’s izakaya Double Knot is headed to Sundy Village at 22 W Atlantic Ave in Delray Beach. Permit filings are up but no opening date has been announced.

Polk Street is about to have a handroll situation on its hands. A new grab-and-go sushi concept called Handroll Hawker is quietly under construction in the old Zero& space, which means Russian Hill will soon have two dedicated handroll bars within a few blocks of each other. Saru has held that turf alone for a while now.

Kinkan will close its Virgil Village dining room and reopen at West Edge with a 15-seat chef’s counter and an adjacent market for takeout and home goods.

Ichigo Tokyo Crepes is leaving its freestanding 34th Street shop to join Eat Street Crossing on Nicollet. The Tokyo‑style creperie will serve its sweet and savory crepes inside the food hall.

7th Street Burger has leased 1518 Chestnut in Rittenhouse Square, taking over the former Amma's. The New York smash‑burger chain also has a Fishtown shop slated to open April 1.

Chef Susan Dunn will open Esme, a French‑inspired bistro at 311 Divisadero in May, serving rillettes, steak frites and a return of Pearl 6101’s strawberry mascarpone tart.

Cookie Plug is opening a Bradford Plaza shop in West Chester with a March 28 grand opening, bringing oversized "thicc" cookies and ice‑cream sandwiches to the borough.

The Berkeley L&L on Telegraph Avenue appears to have closed, with local reporting and the chain’s listings currently giving mixed signals. The shuttered storefront sits near the UC Berkeley campus.