thmor da on shirley ave in revere is temporarily closed
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Tsukiji in Melrose is closed. Started out well but went downhill.
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the island has opened in the old ferry street food and drink location on ferry street in malden
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I can confirm it was open- family members went while I was at work- but the report was that many stalls are still “coming soon.” I am on all the Somerville updates from the city and get near constant contact regarding events, races, happenings around town, etc, but I have not heard one word about this. I wonder if there will be a launch party or something at some point.
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Sad but can’t say I’m surprised. I think it lost the creative edge when they moved away from the Asian fusion direction, and everything was just salty all of the time the last few times we were there. Still a shame as they made one of the best London Fogs I’ve ever had, and now the search is back again…
thmor da on shirley ave in revere has reopened
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infused kreyol on main street in malden is officially open
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Word on the street is that Hakata Ramen in Waltham is just waiting for final Kitchen inspection. I’m traveling for a few weeks so someone keep an eye out ! 
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A sign recently went up in the windows of the former Elephant Walk on Mass. Ave. near Porter Square. Gustazo! No projected opening date that I could see, but I this space has been empty for so long, I thought this was news worth sharing.
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Del Sur, the empanada place near the Rt 62/Rt 3A junction, is no more. The sign in the window says " Coming soon - Burlington Cafe".
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I am apparently cursed with this location, but I tried to go to the Godavari mini in Union Square again tonight, and tho they only opened a few weeks ago they are now seemingly closed for kitchen renovations for an unknown amount of time. Sign in the window just says to watch for their grand re-opening.
My one experience with food delivery from them was abysmal, so perhaps you’re not missing too much. Their idlis and medu vadai were too large, the sambhar they should have included was missing, and the food was generally wan. I know you (and others I respect) think highly of the main Godavari, so perhaps these flaws are just confined to the distributary.
There was also a peculiar delivery problem. The food was late coming so, as Grubhub suggests, I phoned the restaurant. “Food ready for long time” they said matter-of-factly, “but not ready when Grubhub guy come so we tell him go away and come later. He not come back.” I asked if they could contact Grubhub to get her/him back. “No” they said, “you come pick up.” Eventually, I had to call Grubhub and get them to get their delivery guy back to the restaurant.
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According to Eater Boston, El Rincon de Moody’s opened as of May 22. 
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According to El Rincon des Moodys they open today.
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Oh if only I could get there to check it out in person—perhaps someone else will get there soon. Maybe you have a lunch in your future!
Pavement Coffee now has a cafe/roasting facility on 415 Western Ave in Allston. Looks like it’s close to opening.
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Got myself two sets of the 3-tacos-for-tenbucks deal for lunch today, paying an extra $2 for the lobster taco in one set. The tacos are tiny – about 3 bites each – so at $22 this was an expensive lunch. Both the pescado and lobster were overwhelmed by their rather soupy accompaniments, and it was hard to taste what ought to have been the main ingredient. The pollo was nicely smoky, but also a little soupy. The second flight – barbacoa, carnitas and chorizo (fresh) – was much better, with a nice kick on the chorizo. I’m glad I tried them, but at that price this won’t be a regular lunch option for me. (I walked off with 1/2 lb of Moody’s pastrami from next door, and warmed tomorrow it will make a terrific, more substantial, and much cheaper ($8ish) lunch on mustard slathered bread.)
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Wow, what a timely report, @fooddabbler. Thank you for sharing your candid impressions of El Rincon de Moody’s. Sounds like that pastrami will be a worthy consolation prize!
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I should add, to be fair, that their tacos, even the “soupy” ones, have a lot of interesting flavor and texture combinations with the use of avocado, radishes, cucumbers, pickled onions, etc. Also, to their credit, each type of taco seems carefully planned (radishes to balance the beef, cucumbers to contrast with the pork, avocado in the lobster taco, etc.). You don’t simply get the same add-ons on every taco. Nevertheless, I think, they are expensive, and my stained shirt from yesterday wishes the sea-tacos had been less runny.
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