Thai-Viet Cuisine at 19 Pelham Street in Newton Centre closed last month and the storefront is currently under construction. Signs there announce that a new restaurant, Inna’s Kitchen, will open in its place.

Inna’s will offer “Jewish cuisine from around the world.” More information, including menus, is available at the restaurant’s website.

Restaurant Week Boston starts today, and Chef Michael Leviton’s restaurant Lumiere in West Newton is offering diners special special menus March 6-11 and March 13-18 (subject to change).

Lumiere is the only village center restaurant participating. Other Newton restaurants offering Restaurant Week specials include the Riverbend Bar and Grill in Auburndale; Aquitaine, The Capital Grille, and the Metropolitan Club, all in Chestnut Hill; and Bokx 109 American Prime in Lower Falls.

B Street Restaurant & Bar opened for business yesterday in Newton Centre. The restaurant serves brunch, lunch, dinner, and dessert, and offers a late night place to go for specialty cocktails, beer and wine.

Dishes on the restaurant’s online menus appear to range from ocean favorites (steamed mussels and pan seared cod) to comfort foods (burgers and macaroni and cheese).

Kitchen staff include Executive Chef Simon Robinson and Pastry Chef MacKenzie Courington. The General Manager is Scott Wishansky.

B Street is owned and operated by Ellen “Elli” Kaplansky, who formerly operated Pie Bakery and Cafe in the newly renovated space at 796 Beacon Street. Congratulations, Elli, and welcome back to the neighborhood!

As reported in the Boston Globe earlier this week, Eunice Feller of Bread & Chocolate will appear in an upcoming episode of the Food Network show “Throwdown! With Bobby Flay.’’

Mark your calendar (and set your TiVo) for 8:30pm on Wednesday, March 9, when Feller takes on celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a Boston cream pie battle. Of course, we’re rooting for the home team.

Feller and her husband Steve reside in Newtonville and run the bakery and cafes in Newtonville and Newton Highlands. Not to get sentimental, but the Newtonville cafe was the first village business profile posted on our Newton Villages website last year.

Today, I walked into Sandwich Works for a veggie burger and discovered Newton Centre’s newest restaurant: Jake’s Falafel Corner at Sandwich Works.

As this blog is not for restaurant reviews, I cannot tell you how great the freshly made-to-order falafel tasted nor how soon I’ll be going back, but I wanted to celebrate the addition of another Mom & Pop restaurant in one of our village centers.

At one time, the coming of Panera Bread to Newton Centre was a source of contention, with some saying it would destroy the character of the village center. That seems not to be the case.

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Given the recurring forecast for snow, if you would like to pretend to be in Cabo San Lucas for a few minutes — rather than in the snow-encrusted Garden City — consider visiting Newton Centre’s Tango Mango, closing your eyes, and biting into a fish taco.

For those of us who grew up thinking cod = fish sticks, life is much improved. Fish tacos are now available east and west of Heartbreak Hill. Of course, Newton Villages must root for the home team, but those who dare to venture out can also find them just across the border at Brighton’s El Pelón (written up in this week’s Chow Boston Weekly Digest), and in Brookline’s JFK Crossing neighborhood at Dorado Tacos & Cemitas.

Sadly, fish tacos don’t last very long, and Old Man Winter seems intent on sticking around. Those who would like additional tastebud-inspired daydreams of warmer climes, ones that lack both snow and sidewalks to shovel, may wish to consult the margarita menu at Newton Centre’s Cafe Sol Azteca. Make mine not frozen.