Heather Haviland is gearing up for the busiest summer of her professional career. The chef and partner of Lucky's Café (777 Starkweather Ave., 216.622.7773) is in the works to open a second café in the former home of Café Limbo. Called Vine & Bean (12706 Larchmere Blvd.), the restaurant will feature "rustic foods with a local approach," Haviland explains. The location will no longer be a vegetarian restaurant, but the chef promises to offer delicious meat-free and vegan items. Beer and wine will accompany live music and a charming garden patio. The team is shooting for an early July opening. Haviland also is getting closer to opening her dream bakery and café, Sanctuary, which will be located in Tremont's historic Union Gospel Press Building, now called Tremont Place Lofts. There she will craft European-style artisan breads and ambitious pastries for Lucky's, Vine & Bean and the on-site café. Plans call for an early autumn opening. "Rumor is that when you die, you get to nap all you want," jokes the excited but harried Haviland.

A summer-long Warehouse District promo called Date Night in the District promises to ignite the downtown dining scene. Every Friday night through August, participating restaurants will offer at least one three-course dinner for two priced between $39 and $99. Some are offering four-course meals in that range as well. Couples at Blue Point, for example, can enjoy a dinner of seafood chowder, wild salmon with herbed gnocchi and vanilla bean crème brulee for $59. John Q's will feed a couple Caesar salad, a 24-ounce grilled and sliced porterhouse for two, garlic mashed potatoes and strawberry shortcake ($60). Other restaurants include Brasa Grill, Cleveland Chophouse, Crop Bistro, D'Vine Wine Bar, Johnny's Downtown, Mallorca, Nauti Mermaid, Sushi Rock, Waterstreet Grill and XO Prime Steaks.

Debonné Vineyards (7743 Doty Rd., Madison, 440.466.3485) is getting set to celebrate the grand opening of Cellar Rats Brewery, an on-site bar and brewery. In addition to quality beers from around the nation, Cellar Rats will brew its own seasonal beers in a small three-barrel system. The first, Rat Trap Lager, will be available on opening day, June 21. Brian Burns, a former assistant winemaker and 18-year home-brewer, will be brewer. "I have always wanted to brew beer commercially and this is a dream come true for me," says Burns. Future beers will include an English pub-style ale, Belgium-style white beer and Oktoberfest. Take-home growlers are in the works.