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Fireproof Games', The Room, was first released on iOS in 2012, and it's now going to ensnare a new group of gamers. The title earned acclaim for its design and clever use of the touch and gyroscopic features of the device, and earned itself a sequel thanks to sales topping 5.4 million.

The studio has announced that on July 28, the title will be making its way to PC. The new version will include the Epilogue DLC that came out nearly a year after the original release.

In addition to the announcement trailer, the studio has released a video comparing the original iOS visuals with what players can expect on PC next week. The 3D models have improved textures, the entire experience includes volumetric lighting and real-time shadows, and it runs at 60 frames per second.

No price has yet been announced for the Steam release of The Room. Fireproofs Barry Meade says that if this version sells well, the company will consider an update to the sequel, which was released in 2013 (our review).

Our TakeYou are running out of excuses to play The Room. If you havent yet had a chance and have a PC that can handle it, please do yourself a favor and give it a try. And for those who are old enough to remember, I get a serious Zork Nemesis vibe from it. Consider that high praise.

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SWANSBORO | A new restaurant project has been proposed for the Town of Swansboro.

The town planning board will consider an application for construction of The Black Swan Restaurant and Brew Club off Old Hammocks Road near the Hampton Inn during its regular meeting this week.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. July 22 in the community room at the Swansboro Town Hall at 601 Corbett Ave.

A Business Planned Building Group application for the restaurant will get its first review during the meeting.

John Freshwater with Crystal Coast Engineering and Ward Farm LLC are proposing the restaurant to be located at 103 Tarry More Ave. The property is zone B-3 and located within the town limits.

The plans submitted for review show a 10,785-square-foot building for the restaurant and brew pub, with areas included for outside seating as well as an outdoor play area. The primary faade faces Old Hammocks Road.

The plans were reviewed by the towns technical review committee, which included comments regarding the various requirements, such as parking and landscaping.

The building size falls within the new 40,000-square-foot building size limit and is proposed to be 30-feet tall, which is lower than the adjacent Hampton Inn.

The project meets parking requirements, with 91 required and 93 provided. However, a waiver has been requested for parking lot interconnection.

The applicants indicated that a request that the restaurants parking lot connect to the hotels was denied by the property owners.

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In the front window of Comme Chez Soi on St-Laurent Blvd., two signs can be read: one a congratulatory note for being voted one of the top-rated restaurants in the Mile-End, the other a handwritten apology from the owner, explaining how the condo construction next door has forced its sudden closing after seven years.

Though its only been closed for two weeks, Comme Chez Soi has been hidden behind the cranes, concrete mixers, portable toilets and construction signs that crowd the area in front of it for the last eight months.

As a restaurant it relied on its loyal customers but also those walking by: chalkboards announcing its signature bison burgers, lasagna, and macaroni and cheese often drawing in passersby.

For months after the construction started last November, owner and chef Stphane Franois says he would show up in the morning and have to manoeuvre his way between the construction fences just to reach his eaterys entrance. He eventually convinced workers to move the fence panels, but the sidewalk remained closed, and pedestrians continued to be redirected across the street.

Used to serving between 40 or 60 clients daily for lunch, Franois watched those numbers dwindle down to single digits.

Hes taking to Kickstarter now, looking to raise enough funds not to keep the restaurant open, but at least to pay some outstanding bills and not lose his equipment to creditors so he can turn the restaurants brand into a catering business that would continue to offer gluten and lactose-free products.

Even under the best conditions the first few years of opening a restaurant is always a fight, said Franois, sitting in the dim locale, the power having been cut by Hydro-Qubec two weeks ago when he failed to pay a bill on time. Theres seven years worth of early mornings and late nights work that went into this.

Franois says he had a payment agreement with Hydro-Qubec for July 14, but his service was cut unexpectedly a few days before, resulting in nearly $1,000 of meat, dairy products and pre-made meals going to waste in the restaurants fridges.

Its just been one thing after another, said the France-born chef, who moved to Montreal 11 years ago knowing it would be a good fit for his cooking style.

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The Birchwood restaurant in Riverhead closed suddenly last month. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)

A sheet of paper taped to the glass door of The Birchwood restaurant in Polish Town states the restaurant is closed for renovations.

We will be Renovating the Restaurant over the next several weeks!! reads the notice, which was still posted as of Monday and signed The Owner.

Although the sign was posted last month, theres been little sign of construction at the shuttered site.

Andrea Mayer, ex-wife of the restaurants previous owner, James Loo,told the News-Review Monday that the restaurant would undergo cosmetic changes that wouldnt require building permits from Riverhead Town.

Ms. Mayer, who recently took over The Birchwood after Mr. Loos death, said she hopes the restaurant will reopen in the next couple of months and said delays have been caused by legal proceedings.

Itll be open, she said. Itll be new and fresh and good for that area.

The sudden shuttering of the popular Riverhead eatery was the latest in a series of legal filings over the property, from foreclosure actions against Mr. Loo in 2011 to estate proceedings last month which gave the restaurant to his 12-year-old daughter, Amanda, following Mr. Loos death earlier this year.

Ms. Mayer, who divorced Mr. Loo in 2004,was named as administrator of the property last month in her daughters stead.

Although she declined to comment Monday on the fate of the restaurants staff, she said The Birchwood wouldbe under new management when it reopens.

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By BRIAN M. JOHNSON STAFF WRITER

PLYMOUTH The Eagles Nest Family Restaurant is soaring again.

Loyal customers filled the eatery Tuesday as it re-opened for business after it was forced to close in February following a fire.

The 163 Main St., restaurant is owned by Alim and Vera Ajdari, who undertook repairs following the fire.

On Tuesday customers were once again enjoying the restaurants homemade sausage, eggs, hash browns and biscuits and gravy.

Eagles Nest is open from Tuesday through Sunday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This tragedy really broke me financially, but Im glad to be back on my feet, said Alim Ajdari. Eagles Nest has risen back up and looks great. I thank my returning customers and my employees who waited to come back to their jobs. I am very grateful to them and to the construction workers who did a very good job.

Alim Ajdari said he saw a lot of familiar faces at Eagles Nest Tuesday.

Weve got a lot of regulars because we know how to treat people, he said. Our breakfast cant be beat, and people come from all over to eat here.

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With its original restaurant tenant set to open next month in a different location, the owner of the Wynnewood Shopping Center hopes to revive a plan for an old postal building there.

Federal Realty Investment Trust was before the Lower Merion Township Zoning Hearing Board again July 21, seeking relief from a decision that limits expansion on the 14-acre property at 50 E. Wynnewood Road.

With at least one more witness to be called, the hearing was continued after 3 hours. It will resume at a special meeting Thursday, July 31, at 7:15 p.m. at the Township Building, 75 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore.

PHOTOS: Wynnewood Road in Lower Merion beginning in the 1960s.

It was the third time in two years that Federal Realty had come to the zoning board with an appeal related to a plan for change at the center it has owned since 1996. The company acquired the property after its major anchor of four decades, a John Wanamaker department store, closed its doors.

In 2012 and 2013, it had sought and obtained special exception approval for an LA Fitness club in the former Borders Books building, after quelling community opposition by agreeing to limit hours. The club never pursued locating there.

At the same time, the company had obtained, after lengthy discussion and the imposition of some stringent restrictions on hours and a ban on outdoor music, land development approval from the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners for a new restaurant pad site. The plan called for demolition of the long-vacant mail distribution building at the rear of the center, closest to homes in the Shortridge neighborhood, for construction of a larger restaurant with outdoor seating. The prospective tenant, confirmed at the time, was a Mad Mex restaurant and bar.

Not long after a preliminary plan for the restaurant was approved, the center owners were informed it did not comply with conditions set by the townships zoning authority 60 years earlier, in 1953, when plans for the Wanamakers branch were moving forward. Those conditions, which set caps on building coverage and interior square footage and addressed parking requirements, had apparently been nearly lost to memory over the decades.

Just about a year ago, Federal Realty, which had filed an appeal of the preliminary plan decision with the Montgomery County courts, returned to the zoning board seeking a determination that the 1953 restrictions no longer applied, or to have some of them eliminated.

While hearings and a decision in that matter stretched on vigorously opposed by both Lower Merion Township and Shortridge Civic Association -- Federal Realty moved ahead, confirming earlier this year that it had leased space in the Borders building to Mad Mex. It is expected to open in August in a portion of the ground floor, while the second floor now houses a DSW shoe store. Continued...

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Mitch Gilbert has said it so many times over the past two months: Were open for business during construction!

Now, the energetic owner of Grinders Hot Sands is at his wits end, with business plummeting during a massive improvement project to Aurora Avenue North.

Ive been doing everything I can to put a positive spin on it, he said, but thats not enough.

I dont know how were going to survive this.

The well-loved Grinders shop in Shoreline is one of the best road food stops on the West Coast, with hot sandwiches so stuffed you can almost hear them groan. My favorite is the 1.5-pound Sauball Grinder, preferably consumed during one of Gilberts regular hot jams music shows.

The project imperiling the shop is a worthy one too, the latest segment of the miles of improvements planned for the Aurora Corridor.

The Grinders lot, never spacious, has lost its exit onto a side street, making the lot even tougher to navigate. Its also at least temporarily lost some parking spaces. Gilbert said hes been battling construction crews not to park in the ones that remain. Worst of all is the utility trench being dug in the street in front of the shop, and the accompanying equipment and blizzard of signs, arrows, cones and barrels that discourage diners from stopping in.

Driving by, its easy to understand Gilberts consternation. I couldnt figure out, driving south on the busy highway last week, how to pull into the lot and be sure I could navigate my way out again. I decided Id park further down the road and walk back, but no pedestrian access was allowed.

Since then, luckily, the city has responded to Gilberts plea to add better signage to the construction barrels on the street, and may temporarily re-open his side exit.

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