09-06-2025
A Beloved Cambridge Diner Is Expanding to Brookline
Brookline Lunch — the beloved, Palestinian-owned Cambridge diner known for its knafeh and baklava pancakes — is finally going to have an actual location in Brookline. The owners' son, Mushhoor Abu-Rubieh, will oversee the new restaurant, which has taken over the former home of the Busy Bee Diner at 1046 Beacon Street, according to Brookline News. (The Busy Bee shut down last fall after 56 years.) The new spot will feature much of the same menu that diners are familiar with in Cambridge, plus a few new items, Abu-Rubieh told the neighborhood publication. He aims to have the new restaurant up and running in three to four months. An exciting Portsmouth bakery is coming to Boston
Elephantine Bakery, a fan-favorite Portsmouth cafe that sells breads, croissants, cakes, and other pastries, is expanding to Boston. Owners Sherif and Nadine Farag are opening a second Elephantine location at 332 Congress Street, in Fort Point, with a target opening in late summer this year. Keep an eye on Instagram for updates as construction gets underway. Lakon Paris takes home the top prize in local croissant competition
Croissant-heads, take note: Lakon Paris Patisserie, home of the viral, over-the-top croissants bursting at the seams with fillings like pistachio mascarpone and Nutella hazelnut, nabbed top honors at the Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain, an annual baking competition held in Cambridge on Sunday, June 8. Cambridge Day reports that Lakon's Jenny Kiangkaew won first place in the competition, while Flourhouse in Newton and Praliné French Patisserie in Belmont came in second and third, respectively.
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