Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

Museum Catering's Bruce Nichols has hopped back into the restaurant game with The HeadHouse, a casual neighborhood venture in what was Zot. (Nichols and his wife, Beatrice, ran a place called ECCO in the late '80s and early '90s.) The HeadHouse's bricks are owned by Madame Saito of the adjacent Le Champignon de Tokio; the interior features two distinct dining areas and two bars with 20 taps in total, plus a second-floor space for private events. Chef Jimmy Chiu has designed a globally influenced menu with everything from carnitas and takoyaki to mussels and falafel. Photos and the full menu on Meal Ticket.

Cheryl and David Dilks recently launched this roving four-wheeled cupcake operation, which you can track via Twitter (@CallMeCupcake) and their website. The Dilks have hired a baker to stock their 'cakes, which range in variety (classic chocolate or vanilla; carrot cake; red velvet; chocolate-chip pound cake). Cupcakes are two bucks, or six for $10. More on Meal Ticket.

New to the Piazza is Nana Petrillo's, Joe Cleary's shop that serves anywhere from 18 to 36 varieties of Capogiro gelato, plus coffee from locally based roasters Café Excellence. Cleary, whose shop deals mostly in takeout (there's a standing rail on the inside, plus outdoor tables), says his gelato selection will rotate frequently. More on Meal Ticket.

LITTLE VITTLES

Munish Narula of Tiffin will open an as-yet-unnamed upscale Indian restaurant in the 777 S. Broad building by December. More on Meal Ticket.