"A keystone of the city's dining scene since 1979, the long-running cafe hopes to reopen during President's Day weekend after neighbor Rohit Singh reached out to owner Collin Doran to help revive the business. To reduce labor costs they plan to pare back the menu and introduce counter service; as Doran put it to Nosh, "Homemade Cafe is rising from the ashes like a pancake-wielding phoenix." - Paolo Bicchieri