HERE'S PARK SLOPE: Farewell Fatoosh

Monday brought news that two Middle Eastern restaurants within a block of one another, the beloved Fatoosh and the... slightly less beloved Pita Pizza Grill (formerly Pita Hut), both near the corner of Fifth Ave and Ninth Street, have closed.The 20-year old Eye Shoppe on Seventh is also expanding, into the space last occupied by Video Forum.

On Tuesday Yes Cleaners began moving a block up Fifth in the North Slope, into the space last occupied by Corduroy Kid. I also got a couple photos of the under-construction Prime Six, whose facade is complete.

On Wednesday word got around that Cobble Grill II, the spectacularly unspectacular burger/salad "restaurant" on Sixth and 14th, had shuttered after only a couple weeks in business. Construction is also underway at the lot on Sixth near Sterling that had been vacant for the past couple years.

On Thursday I published the first review of Bare Burger (here's the FIPS review), which opened the night before on Seventh and First. It's quite good, and allows us to eat lots of new and exciting animals, like elk. It's been packed every night since opening.

Friday brought word that Culture, everyone's favorite new frozen yogurt place (fro-yo seems like too belittling a term for it), is now offering drinkable low-fat yogurt in four flavors. It also looks like the "handmade goodness"-selling women and children's boutique will on Fifth between Fourth and Fifth will be opening up over the weekend.