Boston

• Hello Harvey. Tanya Holland has left the Delux Cafe to become executive chef at Harvey's in the South End. Until recently, Harvey's, along with The Good Life and Sonsie, was owned by Bill Poirier, Brian O'Neill, Patrick Lyons, and Ed Kane. O'Neill traded his interest in Sonsie for full ownership of Harvey's and The Good Life.

• Aquitaine has a new general manager in Matt Burns, formerly of the Armani Cafe. It's a reunion of sorts for Burns and Aquitaine owner Seth Woods, because Woods is the former executive chef at the Armani Cafe.

• John Mathieson, formerly chef de cuisine at Lespinasse in New York City, has been named executive chef at Stonehedge Inn in Tyngsboro. Mathieson, who graduated from the CIA and also worked at New York's Le Bernardin, will be in charge of the inn's restaurant, Silks.

• The Anthony Spinazzola Foundation is holding its 14th annual Gala Festival of Food & Wine on January 22 at Boston's World Trade Center. More than 115 of the region's top chefs, as well as 90 wineries, are expected to take part. The money raised will go toward grants for hunger relief, culinary educa-tion, and job training for the homeless.

• Cosí Sandwich Bar, the New York-based chain that serves freshly baked flat-breads stuffed with a variety of fillings, has opened on Federal Street.

• Nothing could replace the original Buzzy's on Cambridge Street, but the owners are hoping fans will follow them to a new Buzzy's on Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square, Cambridge.

• Chef/owner Todd English (Olives, Figs) has co-authored with Sally Sampson The Figs Table (Simon & Schuster), which celebrates family suppers.

• For more than 25 years, Nick's on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge served "Fabulous Food at Miraculous Prices." No longer. The legendary spot has been taken over and refurbished by Patrick and Peter Lee, owners of Gratin Street in Harvard Square.

• The Eliot Hotel has opened a private dining room featuring seasonal meals by Clio chef Ken Oringer. The room, designed by Peter Neimetz, holds up to 40 diners.

• Jim Mercer has joined Page Carter Catering in Arlington as executive chef.

• The Rat Pack Cafe, a new restaurant in Framingham, is a tribute to the Frank Sinatra era of living large. The combination of fine dining, cocktail lounge, and piano bar is the latest venture of Ronnie Catanese, who estab-lished himself in Boston as the owner of St. Botolphs and St. Botolphs on Tremont. Both these restaurants have closed, but Catanese still owns Go Fish in Natick. The Rat Pack Cafe chef is Michael Thill.

• Didi Emmons and Jack Bardy, co-owners of Pho Republique in Cambridge, have opened a second location in the South End. The restau-rant, designed by David Olson, is manned by chefs Ted Peng (Biba) and Derek Harrison, who recently sold Mobay, his Caribbean restaurant in Los Angeles.

• Canal Street's Road Trip has hit the road, and Cosmopolitan is now in the driver's seat. Partners Sarah Baker, Shawn Sullivan, and chef Barbara Rausch have given the space a makeover and reduced the seating to 100. The food is contemporary American with Asian influences; a bar serves martinis and cosmopolitans. On weekends, the restaurant becomes a nightclub with alter-nating swing and Latin nights.

• Burdick Chocolates has opened a chocolate shop/cafe on Brattle Street in Harvard Square. Owners Larry and Paula Burdick offer a beautiful array of sophisticated choco-lates for adults.

• Jennifer Gower is now manager at Mistral after two years as general manager at Biba and Pignoli. Pastry chef Joanne Chang has also come aboard Mistral, creating desserts to complement chef/ owner Jamie Mammano's menu.

• Marché Mövenpick, a three-level eatery offering "food theater," has opened in the Prudential Center. The Toronto-based chain offers a market-style atmosphere in which diners choose their meals from individual food stations, including those serving Swiss rösti potatoes topped with smoked salmon; steamed mussels; roast chicken; and sushi. More than 60 wines are available by the glass on a list designed by master sommelier Harold Toussaint, formerly of Plaza III.