The new restaurant Friendship Kitchen is open and serving Vietnamese plates, like lemongrass chicken "a-bún-dance" bowls. Credit: Friendship Kitchen

The new restaurant Friendship Kitchen is open and serving Vietnamese plates, like lemongrass chicken a-bún-dance bowls.

The new restaurant Friendship Kitchen is open and serving Vietnamese plates, like lemongrass chicken “a-bún-dance” bowls. Friendship Kitchen

This week, Friendship Kitchen has begun slinging cocktails alongside Vietnamese fare, and Elvis Room has rebranded as Good Luck Charm. Plus, a new Cantonese barbecue spot and food cart pod are on the horizon, and takeout cocktails are here for good. Read on for all of that and more of the latest updates. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide.

NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS

Friendship Kitchen
This warm, welcoming Vietnamese restaurant from Trang Nguyen soft-opened on June 1. The spot serves vegan egg rolls, fried chicken wings and cauliflower “wings,” bún bò Huế, cơm tấm, and lemongrass chicken bowls, in addition to cocktails like the “Fresh Off the Boat” (lime juice, kumquat, simple syrup, mint, coconut soda, and rum) and “White Man Tears” (rum, strawberries, simple syrup, coconut cream, lime, and young coconut shell).
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