Boston officials will review alcohol license applications this week from nearly a dozen businesses for an upcoming food hall in Allston.
Nova Marketplace will include the fast food chain ZhengXin Chicken Steak, Cotti Cafe, Fluffy Fluffy Dessert Cafe and the Chinese tea-chain Molly Tea and several other vendors.
Italian sandwich shop All'Antico Vinaio,which opened a Back Bay location last year, wants to open a second shop in Downtown Crossing.
Wildgrain, a subscription-based bread seller, opened The Bakehouse on Properzi Way in Somerville last week.
The owners of Comfort Kitchen in Dorchester officially opened the restaurant Ama (the Nepali word for "mother") out of the Atlas Hotel in Allston.