Some news and notes from around town:

• Movie theater liquor: It looks like it is coming to Lawrence’s largest cinema chain. The Regal theater chain on south Iowa Street has filed for a city drinking establishment license. I don’t get out to the movies a tremendous amount, but I don’t believe liquor has been one of the concession stand options. If the license is approved by city commissioners — all indications are that it will be approved — it is the type of license that allows for both beer and cocktails to be served. I have no word yet from Regal, though, what its plans are for the Lawrence theater. Obviously, there are numerous theaters in the area that serve alcohol. I may be mistaken, but I think Lawrence’s Liberty Hall currently serves beer as a concession option. Some of the theaters in Kansas City serve full meals and have extensive cocktail offerings. I know this because I recently signed the paperwork on the home equity loan that I used to pay off that night at the movies. There certainly has been a lot of discussion over the years about a need for the Regal movie theater to upgrade its offerings. It will be interesting to see whether this is a sign of other improvements to come. I’ll reach out to the Regal folks to see if I can learn more.

• Movie theater liquor may change the equation on whether I can afford both movie and a dinner on date night. (Questions: Will the movie theater serve the cocktails in the same cups they serve the soda? And just how much will an 84 ounce Tom Collins cost?). But, on the off chance that both still fit in the budget, it looks like there will be a new downtown dining option soon.

I’ve been telling you for awhile now a restaurant is going in the old Round Corner Drug location at 801 Mass. Figuring out exactly what restaurant, though, has been challenging. We’ve got a new clue, though. City officials have received a drinking establishment license for a new business called RND Corner Grille.

I’ve previously reported that the person behind the venture is Zach Marten, the Kansas City restaurant guy who is one of the operators of Coal Vines Pizza in the Country Club Plaza. According to the paperwork related to this drinking establishment license, Marten and business partner Bret Springs — who also is a partner in the Coal Vines business — are indeed the operators of Lawrence’s RND Corner Grille.

I’ve reached out to Marten in the past with no luck. But I’ll do so again to see if he is ready to start sharing some details about his new business. It has been a slow-moving venture up to this point. The group filed a site plan with the city in June 2014 to occupy the building, and we’re just now reaching the end game.

It will be interesting to see what concept the group pursues here in Lawrence. It has experience in more than just the pizza game. The duo also is behind the Westport Ale House, which serves a lot of beer and has a menu full of hamburgers, sandwiches, nachos, wings and other such creations.

• There is one less dining option in Lawrence: The west Lawrence sports bar and grill Legends has closed at Bob Billings and Wakarusa Drive. Matt Llewellyn, owner of the popular 23rd Street Brewery, was lead owner of Legends. He said Legends just never did attract the volume of business that was expected.

“It just didn’t work,” Llewellyn told me. “I’m pleased and very thankful for the guests that we had, but I just didn’t have enough of them.”

The location has proved difficult for a number of restaurants. Among some of the restaurants that have tried and failed there are Tanner’s Sports Bar & Grill, Zig & Mac’s, Bambinos, and I know I’m forgetting some others.

Llewellyn partnered with longtime sports personality David Lawrence — the Jayhawk football color commentator — on the restaurant. It had a lot of KU memorabilia, and the restaurant had a strong relationship with several other KU personalities. There was even part of the menu that was created by KU basketball strength and conditioning coach Andrea Hudy.

It will be interesting to see whether the location improves any once the new Bob Billings interchange on the South Lawrence Trafficway opens. The interchange, which is scheduled to open later this month, is expected to increase traffic volumes along Bob Billings Parkway. The interchange really will cause Bob Billings to become a new western gateway for the city of Lawrence, and particularly for anyone wanting an easy route to the KU campus.

Llewellyn said the business tried to hold out until that opening, but said the business could not continue operating at current levels.

Llewellyn, though, said the troubles at Legends have not created any problems for 23rd Street Brewery. He said business remains strong at that microbrewery and restaurant.

“Business is still super over there,” Llewellyn said.

No word yet on what may come of the space at Bob Billings and Wakarusa. Llewellyn said there has been some interest from other types of businesses to sublease the space, but no deals have been signed.

• For those of us who must always know that there is a 24-hour supply of bacon nearby, take a deep breath. Perkins — the 24-hour restaurant at 23rd and Ousdahl — has not closed down. The restaurant has been closed a few days, but it is for remodeling and updating. A worker last evening told me the restaurant is scheduled to reopen today. No word yet on what the renovation involved, but it looked like a pretty significant amount of interior work. I’ll report back if I hear of anything interesting.