For those of you who live near Harvard Street you may have noticed the under new management sign for the kosher chinese restauant around the corner. I wish I had known that they were going to change from kosher Hunan style food to kosher Beijing style food so that I could have a kosher chinese food taste test. Instead I'll have to carve out some time to order out there to see what the big fuss about new management is all about.

In other news for Harvard street restaurants; Lucy's is no longer in business. I wasn't ever able to fully appreciate the Lucy's vibe. It was a little too upscale and chique for my taste but without the real benefit. The location is going to be replaced by an actual replacement restaurant unlike the Captain's Quarter that became an MRI imaging center. I have a couple pieces of advice for the new owners for the property that once was Lucy's.

Suggestion 1 - Don't serve tofu bacon. I accidentally ordered tofu bacon at Lucy's and I would have been better off going to Stop and Shop for a snausage or going into the Oscar Meyer labs to try a meat fruit roll-up. The tofu-bacon experience was the last time I went into Lucy's based on my own decision.

Suggestion 2 - Make a good and affordable breakfast. Let's face it - we are surrounded by bagels including Kupels, Finagle, Brueggers, and Dunkin Donuts on three corners. So we don't need another bagel place. But the only places to get breakfast are Zaftigs and Martin's. We used to go to the B&D deli but it mysteriously closed due to some tax problems after about 80 years being in business. Zaftigs is awesome for breakfast but also comes with a three hour wait on a weekend morning. Nobody goes there anymore because it is too popular. Sarah won't go into Martin's because she had morning sickness there and vomited in their tiny bathroom. So we make our own breakfasts these days because nobody supplies a good menu filled with eggs, bacon, toast, french toast, and the other typical comfort foods needed for a good breakfast.

Suggestion 3 - Make a good $8 burger. Everything that I said about breakfast goes for burgers. Zaftigs makes the best burgers in the neighborhood but they have a long wait. The pizza joints can't figure out how to make a hamburger and the Coolidge corner clubhouse doesn't quite get it right. If you don't know what a good burger tastes like go down to Houstons and order one. It shouldn't be so hard!

Suggestion 4 - We have had some successful food come to Coolidge corner in the past for years. The mains one I can think of are the Vietnamese place - Pho Lemongrass and the fancy Italian place - Pomodoro. Ask them what they did to make their stuff work well in the area as new restaurants.