Closed: No No New Orleans is out. Sadly. The restaurant located on Seventh Avenue near 7th Street was, I believe, a transplant from New Orleans, it was a lovely place.
Opening: Cohen's Optical on Seventh between 7th and 8th Streets.
Opening; On the corner of 8th Street and Seventh Avenue a new coffee shop is coming in place of the Laundry Center that was there for years. I hear Donuts was thinking of taking over the space but they're not going to do it.
Other changes: Super Savers (on Seventh Avenue between Union and Carroll) has closed. A new Korean grocery is opening on the same block (I think it’s the same block) across the street. Also, there’s been a sign for awhile on the site of the burned-out buildings that used to house Zuzu’s Petals and another Korean grocery that a new store is coming soon … but no evident work is happening to date.