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If you were hoping to have dinner in the Santa Lucia, followed by a dance in The Legend night club downstairs, we're afraid you're too late. Both places have been closed for a couple of months now, and will stay closed permanently. We hear the premises, on the avenue des Spelugues, have been bought by Espace Mirage, a fashion boutique in the Metropole Shopping Centre. Demand for ready-to-wear designer labels in Monte Carlo must be growing.

A new place has opened in the Fontvieille district of Monaco, just round the corner from the Mecaplast factory. Our intrepid reporter notes that it's absolutely buzzing at lunchtime. With a name like Alden't (a play on the correct way to cook pasta "al dente"), we expect an Italian style trattoria or cafe. Rest assured that we'll be trying it out very soon.

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A new team are taking over La Taverna on the rue des Roses. The restaurant bar is located on the corner of the street, in a residential area near the Novotel. Local competition includes the Cyrnos Bar, the Saint Michel Bar Tabac, and the Deli Gourmet pizza delivery business. With no space for pavement tables, we're expecting a cosy place for the locals. We'll keep you posted.

Rumour has it that the Texan restaurant in the Condamine district is to reopen. Regular visitors and residents will remember the old Texan, next door to Slammer's bar, closed a couple of years ago. We don't know yet if the new place will serve tex-mex and burgers like its predecessor, or even if it'll retain the same name. You can be sure that we'll tell you as soon as we find out.

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Fontvieille, Condamine and Port Hercule will become dry for a few hours in the afternoon of Friday 29 August. This is because Stade Louis II will be hosting the annual UEFA Super Cup football match between Manchester United and Zenit Saint Petersburg. The ban on alcohol sales lasts from 14.30 to 20.45, so you'll be able to have a glass of wine with your dinner after the kick off.

Having taken French cuisine to Japan, Joel Robuchon is now bringing Japanese cuisine to Monaco with his new restaurant called Yoshi. It's set to open in the Metropole Hotel in September and adds a new dimension to the other Japanese restaurants already established in the Principality. We now have the option to be able to dine on raw fish in a different place every day of the week.

If you're interested in opening a new night club in Monaco, the Principality wants to hear from you. A section of Port Hercule, between the Stade Nautique and Rascasse corner, has been opened up to new businesses, and all the leases have been taken apart from one. With a surface of just over 800 square meters, the new night club will be on the same block as the recently opened Brasserie de Monaco, Tartine Monaco and Zest.