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The Sanitary Cafe (342-8810) has re-opened in Reidsville.

The cafe, at 223 Piedmont St., was recently bought by Ronald and Juni Roberts and Chris Roberts and Lynn Wingfield.

The restaurant has been around since the 1920s in one form or another. Eventually, it was bought by Bill Simpson who moved the restaurant to its current location in 1976. He closed the restaurant in the early 1990s.

Co-owner Juni Roberts says the restaurant reopened a couple of times under new owners and new names, but eventually closed again.

The Sanitary Cafe offers home-style entrees such as steaks, meatloaf, chicken and dumplings, salmon patties with sides such as mac and cheese.

The Sanitary Cafe opens at 6 a.m. for breakfast serving omelets, meat and egg combinations, pancakes and waffles six days a week.

“We really appreciate the support we’ve received from the community,” Juni Roberts says.

The Sanitary Cafe is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Cleopatra’s opening

Cleopatra’s Restaurant (1310 Westover Terrace, Suite 107, Greensboro; 274-5003) opens at 7 p.m. Friday.

The restaurant offers Egyptian specialties and Middle Eastern dishes with an Egyptian twist.

Holiday hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily except for Dec. 24, 31 and Jan. 1 when the restaurant is closed.

Reservations are recommended on the restaurant's website or on the restaurant’s Facebook page.

New Red Mango

The second Triad location of Red Mango, a self-serve frozen yogurt chain, holds a grand opening Saturday at 5836 Samet Drive next to Palladium Cinemas in High Point.

From noon to 4 p.m., customers can get a free, small frozen yogurt with toppings.

The shop is co-owned by Steve Mosh, who owns a Greensboro shop that opened last year, and NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte. The two will meet and greet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Red Mango USA founder Dan Kim also will be in the shop from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

During the grand opening, the High Point store will collect donations on behalf of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women.

After the grand opening of the High Point shop, founder Kim will visit the Greensboro store at the Shops at Friendly Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. where he will draw the winner of a $100 Red Mango gift- card giveaway.

To enter the drawing, customers may register their Club Mango cards and “like” Red Mango on the chain’s Facebook page.

New Dickey’s opens

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has opened at 5872 Samet Drive (905-7777) at Palladium Commons Center, Eastchester Drive and Wendover Avenue in High Point.

The restaurant offers Texas-style smoked beef brisket, pulled pork, ham, Polish sausage, turkey breast, chicken, pork ribs and spicy cheddar sausage.

Sides include jalapeno beans, baked potato casserole and macaroni and cheese.

Dickey’s is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

It is the Triad’s second location. A Dickey’s Barbecue Pit location is at 615 Jonestown Road in Winston-Salem.

Coffee house closing

Despite saying she wasn’t the retiring type when she opened the shop six years ago, Kay Morris is closing Java K’s Coffee House (3801 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro; 545-2041).

“I promised myself when I turned 70, I would slow down and try to enjoy some ‘self’ time,” Morris says.

That was in September.

Morris says there has been some interest from potential buyers, but nothing solid.

She plans to close the shop Dec. 22. After that, she’ll travel, do some volunteer work and spend time with a new great-granddaughter.

Nothing slow about that.

Grand opening

Beans Boro Coffeehouse and Roastery (2604-A Horsepen Creek Road, Greensboro; 285-6589), which has been roasting and brewing fresh java for more than two weeks, is holding a grand opening starting at 7 a.m. Friday.

Grand-opening specials include 12-ounce cups of coffee for $1.25 and all one-pound bags of coffee are 15 percent off. Live music will be performed.

Beans Boro is at Garden Creek Center on New Garden Road.

Dine out for benefit

On Friday, Cincy’s (115 E. February One Place, Greensboro; 378-9774) is donating 10 percent of proceeds to Greensboro Urban Ministry.

Cincy’s offers soup, salads, sandwiches and Cincinnati-style chili two-way (over spaghetti) to five-way (chili, spaghetti, cheese, beans and onions).

Cincy’s is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Some new menus

• The Bistro (5710-M High Point Road, Greensboro; 294-4610: http://thebistroatadamsfarm.com) is offering a new winter menu that includes hickory-smoked salmon ($16 small plate/$22 full) over whipped potatoes, grilled filet mignon ($28) over roasted sweet potato puree, duck leg confit ($18/$24) over honey and maple charred Brussels sprouts and pan-seared North Carolina trigger fish ($25) with wilted spinach, pear and taco ham salad.

The new menu also includes tuna sashimi ($12) over kim chee, sweet potato chips ($7.50) with sweet chipotle aioli and baked lobster mac and cheese ($13).

• Beet soup ($14) with calf’s liver, young arugula and Clementine ($12) and cod fish with yogurt couscous ($24) are among the items on the December menu at Table 16 (600 S. Elm St., Greensboro; 279-8525).

The menu also includes frog leg ($14) and red yam gnocchi, veal sweetbread ($17) with pineapple-carrot coleslaw and rack of elk ($48) with black truffle cauliflower.

Christmas meal

Once again, Bender’s Tavern (4517-A W. Market St., Greensboro) will serve a traditional Christmas meal to the needy from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Christmas Day.

The meal, including turkey and all of the fixings, will be served in the restaurant. It also will be delivered to the home-bound.

Anna Freiberg, co-owner of Bender’s Tavern, continues a tradition started in 1981 when her parents owned the original Ham’s on Friendly Avenue in Greensboro.

The meal is in conjunction with Greensboro Urban Ministry. For home delivery orders, call 541-6680.

Contact Carl Wilson at 373-7145 or carl.wilson@news-record.com