There's a 90 percent chance

The Italian Couple
will be moving soon, says Florence-trained chef and coowner Yuli Waters.
   Earlier this year, she and husband Michael reopened their eatery of that name in their original location, 2618 W. 12th St., Little Rock, from which they had been absent for about six years.
   Now they plan to move to 1900 W. Third St., next to Warehouse Liquor, a space which has hosted a couple of very short-lived platelunch-and /or-sandwich establishments.
   The move will increase the Waters' floor space, visibility -- Third Street, just before the grand curve where it turns into West Markham, carries a lot more traffic than West 12th Street east of Woodrow Street -- and, presumably, security. (The Waterses have been paying an offduty policeman to hang out at their restaurant to make them and their patrons feel safer.) Yuli Waters says she hopes the move will also increase their lunch business.
   There will be a big bar area in the entranceway, where Michael Waters says he may put a couple of pool and game tables and maybe a karaoke stage, plus a large dining room and a private-dining space.
   Current restaurant hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 5-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. The telephone number is (501) 372-4448.
   

Boulevard Bread Co.
owner Scott McGehee confirms he will open a new location in what is now

Andina Cafe
in the River Market's Ottenheimer Market Hall, 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. "I can officially take possession Sept. 1, and I'm obliged to open there by Nov. 15," he says.
   What he will open is "essentially a full-size, full-scale Boulevard Bread Co. facility," complete with the same cheeses, salami and gourmet pantry and deli items available at the original Boulevard Bread location in the Heights. Crusty European bread will come from the original bakery, but items like muffins and cookies will be baked on the premises, McGehee says.
   The new restaurant, which will open at 7 a.m. "at the latest" and stay open until 8 or 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, will not offer the fancy dinner available in the Heights but will offer roast chicken, soups, salads and sandwiches later than the Heights location. McGehee says he hopes to fence off the patio area on the east side of the building and create an Italian-style beer and wine garden.
   He'll also serve and sell his own blend of coffee. "I think Boulevard coffee is the best in the state," he says. "It'll be more of a coffee shop than the one in the Heights."
   The new place will probably mean Boulevard Bread will move out of its satellite location in the Central Arkansas Library System's Cox Creative Center, around the corner on Commerce Street, but McGehee says he's amenable to creating a different concept and continuing to operate in the space, or to helping the library find a good fit for a new food tenant.
   A resurrection is due any day, if it hasn't happened yet, at Paul's

Restaurant
, 3700 John F. Kennedy Blvd., at the crest of Park Hill in North Little Rock. We reported in May that Kriss Eagle, a cook at the Catfish Hole in North Little Rock for seven years, and her daughter April were expecting to have the place open by July 1. However, we haven't been able to raise anybody yet at the restaurant's new telephone number, (501) 753-8833. We'll keep you posted.
   A sign in front of the

Western Sizzlin'
, 5306 J.F.K. Blvd., North Little Rock, says "We lost our lease." And the telephone number, (501) 771-1444, returns a "not a working number" response.
   

Angels in the Park
has finally opened in the Park Hotel, 211 Fountain Street, Hot Springs. The space had previously housed a Greek restaurant and an intermediate edition of Facci's (which started out on, and has since returned to, Central Avenue across from the race track). Hours are 5-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday ; the full bar will remain open until midnight, The menu is a little more upscale, featuring more seafood and beef dishes, than the original

Angels
, which continues to operate nearby at 600 Central Ave.
   Also in Hot Springs, the Exchange

Street Cafe
has opened in the former Garbanzo's (which moved a couple of years ago to Spencer's Corner)/Exchange space, upstairs at 107 Exchange St., Hot Springs (also overlooking Central Avenue). Hours are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. daily; the menu offers sandwiches, salads, soups and desserts. The telephone number is (501) 625-3112. Has a restaurant opened -- or closed -- near you in the last week or so? Does your favorite eatery have a new menu? Is there a new chef in charge? Drop us a line. Call (501) 399-3667 or (501) 378-3513, or send a note to Restaurants, Weekend Section, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, Ark. 72203. Send e-mail to:

eharrison@arkansasonline.com

This story was published Friday, July 07, 2006