Coming to Thayer this Spring…

Encore-

The owners of Bravo, having conquered the LANY crowd, now set their eyes on Brown’s lucrative hipster demographic. Billing itself as the thrift store of restaurants, “Encore” will serve only leftovers from Brown dining and other Thayer eateries. Day-old Polynesian chicken wings just got so ironic.

Xenophobia-

Technically just of Thayer on Meeting, this hookah bar will likely be a College Hill mainstay for years. The owners are aiming to fill the gaping void in the hookah bar market that exists in the alley between Byblos and Zenobia. Savvy branding also promises to make Xenophobia first choice for hookah among the “suspicious of all things foreign” crowd.

Via Via V-

The state’s economic woes have caused legions to resort to hard drug abuse and extralegal means of procuring loans. Somehow this has translated into a surge in the pizza business and Via Via is expanding to another location

Gamut Pakistan-

The Providence Zoning Commission has carved out one corner of Spectrum India and designated it as its own autonomous store. Gamut will feature a fine selection of women’s clothing, but the Department of State advises shoppers to exercise caution when browsing the cashmere.

Via Via Via-

Also known as Via Via 6A.

Fauxnatic-

For those who find Encore trite and heteronormative, this new “Vietnamese” restaurant(?) will cater to only the most advanced hipsters. Fauxnatic will challenge “diners” to come to terms with questions such as “what is food?” and “who are we to impose our own narrow views of what constitutes food on others?” Also, “How much can we charge people for lint and cardboard painted to convey the idea of chicken pot pie?” Capitalizes on hipsters’ aversion to eating (in the traditional sense).