Tidbits from the Grove, University City

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​- O'Shay's Pub is just about ready to go at 4353 Manchester Avenue (previously home to Newstead Tower Public House) in the Grove district of Forest Park Southeast. Look for an opening early next week, after final state approvals. Get a sneak peek at the O'Shay's menu on the restaurant's website.

- Just down the street in the Grove, paper is up in the windows at 4317 Manchester, formerly the home of Flavors BBQ Sports Bar & Grill and, before that, the original location of Five Bistro. No indication yet what, if anything, might be going in there. More as we learn it.

- A little birdie tells us that a very, very big (birdie's characterization, not ours) new buffet called Tokyo Buffet is slated to open in the same University City strip mall that houses the very, very big (our characterization) Seafood City supermarket.

- We're also hearing that an as-yet-unnamed "American" buffet will open at Olive Boulevard and McKnight Road, not very far from this week's reviewed restaurant, Dao Tien Vietnamese Bistro.