BREAKFAST

avocado. A variation adds bacon and shredded Brussels sprouts that are flash-fried for texture.

Other breakfast options include French toast, pancakes and sweet-potato hash with Brussels sprouts and over-easy eggs, or avocado for the vegan diner. There are a few lunch options, such as chicken-salad tacos and a roasted veggie bowl, among other sandwiches and salads.

Everything is priced at $13 or less.

For those who prefer desserts, the roster of baked goods changes frequently. Examples are cookie-dough peanutbutter bars, cookies-and-cream brownies, maple-creme doughnuts and whole-grain cinnamon rolls. Hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call 614-525-0190.

catered for the likes of Judas Priest is opening a proper English public house in Merion Village.

Glen Hall-Jones, also a trained chef, is putting the finishing touches on Geordie’s Restaurant, which replaces the long-vacant space most recently occupied by the Explorers Club, 1586 S. High St.

Hall-Jones said he plans to open the restaurant in December.

The menu will include some classic English dishes, such as bangers and mash, Scotch eggs and mini pork Wellingtons.

One of the signature dishes, the Geordie burrito, includes roast beef, mashed potatoes, vegetables and horseradish cream wrapped in Yorkshire pudding, a type of savory bread.

All breads will be baked in house.

Brunch will be offered on the weekends.

Hall-Jones hails from Newcastle in northeastern England.

Its denizens, known for their thick accents, are called Geordies.

There are two prevailing stories on how they got their nickname, but the more prevalent tale involves the local inhabitants successfully defending the city from the Scots on behalf of King George II.

Haveli Bistro Downtown has opened a satellite restaurant on the Northwest Side.

Haveli Express, 5720 Frantz Road, is a more casual version of its urban sibling, with a lessextensive menu and moderately priced South Indian dishes.

The restaurant is next to Bonefish Grill in a storefront that has contained a number of Indian restaurants over the years.

TGIXpress Bistro & Bar in the Carriage Place Shopping Center has changed its name to Awadh Indian Restaurant to better reflect the nature of the cuisine.

The restaurant, at 2584 Bethel Road, specializes in the dishes of Awadh, a city in the northeastern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves a daily lunch buffet. Identical twins Lindsey Rusch, left, and Lisa Rusch have opened the breakfast-and-lunch restaurant Brekkie Shack in Grandview Yard. The mural behind them was painted by friend Moe Buckley.