The corner of Snelling and Selby Avenue got a whole lot sweeter smelling on Friday when Rose Street Patisserie opened its second location. The bakery from Patisserie 46’s award-winning pastry chef John Kraus and CEO Elizabeth Rose is the first St. Paul location for the bakery. The cafe is open Tuesday through Saturday 7 am to 6 pm, Sunday 7 am to 3 pm. The bakery is closed Mondays. The menu includes all the gorgeous chocolates, eclairs, babka loaves, baguettes, and savory sandwiches that are served at the Linden Hills location, but in a smaller, former-Starbucks location.

David Fhima has announced that his new restaurant inside the former Goodfellows/Il Foro/Forum location at the base of City Center will open on September 28. Chef Patrick Atanalian will run the kitchen at Fhima’s La Belle Epoque at 40 South 7th Street. Atanalian was the longtime chef at Sanctuary known for his adventurous, unusual flavor combinations. Plus, local bar talent Shawn Jones will be running the cocktail program in the glittering art deco space. The menu will be a little Moroccan and a little French.

The Donatell family that owns whiskey-centric Volstead House in Eagan and the Bourbon Butcher in Farmington is set to expand again with Whiskey Inferno in Savage. The new restaurant will again have a bar run by Ralena Young. The new venture in the former Applebee’s on the northeast corner of Highway 13 South and South Park Drive, is aiming for a steakhouse vibe with a dose of central Texas barbecue.

Lat14 is fast taking shape inside a former Perkins at 8815 7th Avenue North in Golden Valley. Chef/owner Ann Ahmed also operates the 13 year-old Thai eatery Lemon Grass in Brooklyn Park. The restaurant is named for the 14th latitude which runs through Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Shea Design has been brought in to create a bright, colorful room. Look for an early fall opening.