IN THE NEWS: The Globe’s Chris Reidy reports Sebastians, a Boston-based catering service and cafe chain, has opened its first cafe in Cambridge and its seventh in the Boston area at (7 Cambridge Center, Kendall Square). … Reidy also reports that local restaurateur Steve DiFillippo is forming a wholesale food company to make his Philly Cheese Steak Spring Roll more widely available. The owner of Davio’s Northern Italian Steak Houses in Boston and Philadelphia and of the Avila Modern Mediterranean restaurant in Boston, DiFillippo said the Davio’s Foods venture would make “the Philly Roll,” now a menu item at his restaurants, available to outside retailers. … Critic Devra First gives two stars to bar/restaurant Coda (329 Columbus Ave., Boston. 617-536-2632, codaboston.com) and notes the Sept. 17 opening of new Asian place Myers + Chang from Chris Myers (Radius, Via Matta, Great Bay) and Joanne Chang (Flour) on Washington Street in the South End, while Bella English visits Jamaican spot Lorenz Island Kuisine (657 Washington St., Dorchester. 617-506-6061). boston.com …

Dig’s Christine Liu rounds up newly opened or soon-to-open restaurants, including 163 Vietnamese Sandwiches and Bubble Tea (66 Harrison Ave., Chinatown, Boston. 617.542.7903). weeklydig.com … John Caron, former property manager of Fenway Park for the Boston Red Sox, is about to add restaurateur to his résumé, the Boston Business Journal reports. Caron and David Zebny, owner of Z Restaurant Group, which operates Z Square Cafe in Harvard Square, are acquiring Anthem, the spacious eatery owned by The Briar Group near North Station. Anthem closed a few weeks ago. boston.bizjournals.com … The Herald’s Mat Schaffer gives a C- in reviewing Chinese noodle bar Wagamama (Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market building; 617-742-9242; www.wagamama.com) and visits the new China Pearl in Quincy. bostonherald.com … The Phoenix’s Robert Nadeau gives four stars to All Star Sandwich Bar (1245 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, 617.868.3065), while MC Slim JB looks at neighborhood joints, including East Cambridge’s O Cantinho. thephoenix.com … Boston’s Hidden Restaurants reviews Mrs. Jones (2255 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA 617-696-0180). hiddenboston.com … Bostonist.com checks out vegetarian-friendly Oleana in Cambridge (oleanarestaurant.com).

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