Earlier in the week I got in touch with Cormac Mahoney, curious to know how things are coming along at Madison Park Conservatory. Mahoney, a Sitka and Spruce alum and one of the guys behind much-loved, bygone Taco Truck, is opening said restaurant near Lake Washington where Sostanza Trattoria used to be.

Here’s what he had to say: “We are plugging along between trips to Venus and Mars—have you tried Martian caviar? Holy shit.”

Can’t say I have, Cormac. Will it be on the menu?

Look for the Conservatory to open its doors by early December.