With only five months into the new year, the Canal District continues to promise an array of culinary goodies with the addition of three restaurants and a public market.

Here’s your monthly wrap up of Mass Foodie’s most compelling stories including a new future for Tatnuck Grille, an expansion for Crust Bakery, and a fresh start for Hangover Pub.

Main Street’s Crust Bakeshop To Expand into Neighboring Storefront—to offer wine, cheese, and more, as North Main Provisions.

Rumor has it that after five years of serving the Tatnuck Square area, Tatnuck Grille is officially closing its doors today, on Friday the 13th, leaving the rest of us to wonder about the truth behind this superstitious holiday.

Nu Cafe has embodied the clean eating lifestyle over the last ten years and makes its debut rebranding as Nu Kitchen on May 1st, to solidify its stance on healthy lifestyle choices.

As is typical of New England, March came in like a lion and out like a rhino with a host of key developments for the Central Mass food scene.

Central Massachusetts chefs are invited to participate in this year’s ArtWeek through “Art of Food” by creating their own masterpieces on the plate drawing from inspiration on the canvas (or any other art medium).

For years, finding a good menu lined with Korean BBQ or bibimbap was an exhausting task yielding little to no results. Now, Korean food is claiming Worcester its new home and Choose and Mix, its founding inspiration.

Califano’s standards have remained unwavering in Worcester and the same holds true of his Framingham location. Pasta classes are offered monthly at each location and no two are ever the same.

A delicate balance between airy and dense, the doughnut lab in Rocco’s Doughnut Company kitchen is comprised of a creative doughnut line meant to convert any person into a doughnut crazed fanatic.