Many changes have taken place on the Ashland foodie scene since last summer.

Closings:

• Swing Tree
• Wylie’s Trattoria
• Home State BBQ

Openings:

• Sweet Beet Station (in downtown Talent) owned and operated by Awna Zegzdryn
• Hiro Ramen
• Hearsay
• Plancha
• Ostras Tapas in old Salame location
• Little Tokyo
• Waffle Barn
• Ex Nihilo

Other changes:

• Luna now serves breakfast
• Scarpetta rebranded as Lorella
• Safeway (briefly Haggen) has completed extensive renovations and reopened as Safeway
• According to a recent Daily Tidings article, the owner of Mix, Flip, and Amuse is preparing to open a new coffee house at the corner of Walker and Ashland in the old Beanery location. She will also be opening an ice cream shop next door in the former location of Four and Twenty Blackbirds, making the ice cream in an adjacent creamery where Wiley’s World used to be. These are all projected to open some time this summer.