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The lead story in today’s new Going Out section — Rise and shine: Lunch and dinner spots give breakfast a shot — focused on some of the more unexpected places you can now have a morning meal. While I didn’t include it in this article, talking about downtown breakfast spots made me wonder, “What’s the latest on the Roost?”

The Roost is the new breakfast and lunch restaurant planning to open in the former Milton’s location, 920 Massachusetts St. I checked with the owners this week, who said their current target opening date is May.

They’re working on renovations, getting all the proper permits, kicking off a Kickstarter project to raise money for a new hood system and testing and tweaking recipes for the menu. Once they do open, the plan is to serve from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week. When they have a firm opening date, I’m sure they’ll share it on their Facebook page, where, in the meantime you can get a glimpse of those aforementioned recipe tests — morning-appropriate cocktails included!