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Over a year after plans for the building were first outlined and six years since the theater’s closure, the developers of the old Harvard Loews announced Tuesday that they plan to start the permitting process in September for a new building on the site.  “We’re going to do the work so that the permitting process goes as quickly as possible,” said Anthony Galluccio, representing attorney and former Cambridge state senator and mayor, at a public meeting at the Beat Brasserie Tuesday night, June 26.

Life in the kitchen at Night Market moves at a slower clip during the summer months.  On a given night from the months of September to May, chef Jason Tom says the restaurant is usually “rocking out in the kitchen”—with a “go, go, go” pace in the back matching a dining room that can turn over three times some evenings.

Decorated with furniture the founders built by hand, Black Sheep Bagel Cafe opened in the Square last weekend.  The mom and pop breakfast and lunch cafe, located on 56 John F. Kennedy St., offers 18 bagel varieties, a number of sandwiches and drinks, and a full espresso bar.  Co-founder Manny Ramirez said that he was surprised at the influx of customers during the establishment’s first few days.

Recently relocated to Harvard Square, the Cambridge District Homeless Court has begun holding sessions in the First Parish Church, which stands at the corner of Massachusetts Ave. and Church Street.  While the court has held only a handful of sessions at its new location thus far, according to Judge Roanne Sragow, who presides over the court, the change has improved accessibility for the homeless, and increased the court’s ability to carry out its mission.

The Andover Shop—a Harvard Square staple selling menswear and formal attire—is up for sale after 65 years on Holyoke Street and 70 years in Andover, Mass.  Store owners Charlie Davidson and Virgil Marson will be selling the shop and the property that it occupies in the coming months, with the hope that new owners will keep the brand alive.

Healthy Pharms, a medical marijuana dispensary that was closed in February because a pesticide was found on its product, is facing a federal lawsuit after a neighboring business owner claimed the dispensary is involved in illegal federal marijuana crimes. Raj Dhanda, who owns Crimson Galleria next door, brought the lawsuit against Happy Pharms because he believes the dispensary violated the RICO statute and caused a decrease in his property’s value by $27 million.

For elegant, turned-out men of a certain age, there’s nowhere better to be seen than the Saturday morning salons at The Andover Shop.

A line of customers stretched out the door of Pokeworks on Saturday for the Irvine, Calif.-based chain’s “grand opening” in Harvard Square.  Pokeworks serves its namesake Hawaiian dish in a rice bowl, burrito, or salad with either chicken, tofu, or one of five types of seafood. Its Harvard Square location opened in mid-March at 1440 Massachusetts Ave, amid a snowstorm.