Hungry for news? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this week—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend.

June Gloom

• Going to drydock: Renee Erickson's Sea Creatures restaurant group announced some big moves this week, with steakhouse Bateau and its adjoining seafood sibling Boat Bar closing on June 19 for a three- to six-month "reimagining." This will be Boat Bar's second—it originally opened as Bar Melusine. The restaurants also share a space with an outlet of the group's General Porpoise Doughnuts, which will be closing permanently, as will its Laurelhurst location.
• Doughnuts a no-go: A medical hiatus segueing into a planned break will keep Hillman City favorite Flour Box closed for most of the month, reopening on June 26.

  

• Flamed out: Beacon Hill’s Homer suffered a fire on Saturday evening and is closed indefinitely. Eater Seattle reports that two weeks is the optimistic timeline, but fires notoriously cause much longer delays than expected—Sunset Hill’s ELDR remains closed indefinitely since an April 1 fire.

Are Sandwich Shops a Recession Indicator?

• Quietly open: Heavy Restaurant Group, the folks behind Pablo y Pablo and Purple, transitioned its Stone Way vegan-friendly café, Livbud, to the meatier Hushy’s Sandwiches. The house-baked focaccia sandwiches include some snazzy options like mortadella, fried fish, or pork chop. Salads and soup, with soft serve to come, round out the choices.
• Not quite open: Voice note Instagram tips strike again, letting me know that the former Trophy Cupcakes on Queen Anne is looking ready to reopen as Swing Sandwiches and Pizza. Opening, per Instagram, is “soon.”
• Quite un-open: My dry cleaners moved down the street a while back, and this week I noticed that the old building appeared occupied again. Sadly, I’ll have to wait until August for Fortuna Bottega Italiana to start selling its Italian sandwiches. Long-time El Gaucho server and manager Luca Sacchetti is behind the shop and posted some drool-worthy renderings.

Coffee Break

• Matcha watcha: Boba specialist Yuu Tea Cafe opened in Columbia City last week, with a huge menu of drinks using ceremonial-grade matcha, hand-roasted Vietnamese coffee, and colorful boba.
• Thai landing: In October, Ballard will get a new Thai-inspired café, reports My Ballard. The café, Nudibranch, describes itself as “A love letter from founder Emily Sirisup to her home country” and plans to directly import coffee from a farm in Chiang Rai.
• Bureau of breads: Farmers market favorite and pan dulce specialist Pan de la Selva will be bringing its Mexican and Central American baked goods to city hall this summer with a temporary setup in the former Einstein Bros. Bagels space through Seattle Restored.

In Store

• Nibble and bits: Queen Anne colorful home goods shop Storied at Home has added a café element, serving Herkimer coffee, Cloudburst beer, and Yonder Cider.
• End of a chapter: Beloved Fremont cookbook store Book Larder is changing hands at the end of the month, but little else will, says departing founder Lara Hamilton. Current operations manager Vivian Irving will become the owner on July 1, with the entire staff staying on board.

Oh, BTW, here’s what you missed last time.