Third time's a charm? In musical storefront news, Lattas & Lattas, a law firm specializing in loan modification, recently moved across the street, from 2220 W. North to larger digs at 2235 W. North, in a building formerly occupied by Mortgage Investment Specialists. About a year or so ago the same building was home to the offices of Freedom Mortgage, which has since closed.

Cumin, 1414 N. Milw., is opening soon. Provided all goes well (there's still a final inspection to pass), the restaurant, specializing in modern Nepalese cuisine, will welcome diners as early as May 10th, per co-owner Rajesh.

Rajesh

A Bucktown resident, Rajesh and his brother, Sanjeev, are the brains behind the joint venture. For nearly a decade Rajesh helped to manage an Indian restaurant on the North Shore.

"I've been working for other people for a long time," he noted on a recent afternoon.  He said he's excited about living so close to where he works, then went on to explain the key difference between Indian and Nepalese food, namely that the latter is cooked with fewer dairy products. He then got back to the business at hand: deciding where to place various wall hangings and art pieces from Nepal.

Sign installation at Geisha Sushi

In other news, Blu Coral, 1265 N Milw., was sold a few months back. The new owners have renamed the establishment Geisha Sushi and made the news official by installing a sign

Steve, in blue, and friend Shai

this past Friday, just minutes before the late afternoon rain. Geisha's manager Steve said that he formerly worked at a downtown sushi restaurant and is excited about the new opportunity. Per Steve, the owners of Geisha also own and operate Blue Ocean in Wrigleyville, Nozumi in Barrington, and Blue Ginger in Naperville.

Carrie, a tour guide for Chicago Food Planet

In last week's issue we lamented the fact that Dairy Queen, 1649 N. Damen, is not yet open. The good news is that Just Indulge, 1755 W. North, and iCream, 1537 N. Milw, are both able to satisfy cravings. Tourists taking part in a Wicker Park food tour run by Chicago Food Planet Tours were spotted outside of iCream this past week. It was the final leg of a three hour culinary walking adventure which popped by George's Hot Dogs, Sultan's Market, Hot Chocolate, Goddess & Grocer, and Piece before dessert at iCream. Tour leader Carrie estimates she's led 100 tours since last spring. Carrie also travels the area for her second gig as a personal trainer who makes house calls for comfyfitness.com.

Renee, left, and Julie, right

In other space-changing news, as mentioned last week, the Re.Stock shop,  will be doing business at 1472 N. Milw. for the next few weeks, per business partners

No-chip manicure at M.GO

Julie and Renee, who described their contemporary sportswear designer samples and overstock selections as having an 'urban vibe.' 

In other news--which might be old news or new news depending on if you live nearby any of these spots--Rentology, a division of Domus Group, opened recently in the Domus storefront at 1746 W. Division. Wow & Zen at 1912 N. Damen continues its closing sale reductions. M.GO Salon, 1754 W. Division, recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of its remodeling, which resulted in an expansion to two floors.