Oyster

Manzo Lobster & Oyster Bar had its fair share of challenges after opening in September 2020. The Uptown seafood restaurant was sued by a former tenant a month later. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021, after a year of operating. And it was temporarily closed for entire months in 2022 because of “labor constraints,” according to bankruptcy court filings. And now, the restaurant at 500 E. 19th Ave. has closed for good. Its 2,980-square-foot space is being marketed for lease by CM Commercial Partners. CM owner…

Oyster mushrooms feature in cuisines around the world, but they should be off the menu for hungry worms—which these delicious fungi kill and devour with abandon. Now researchers finally know how they do it. A study published in Science Advances details how oyster mushrooms use a particular toxin to paralyze and knock off fungus-eating roundworms called nematodes. The fungi, which grow on nutrient-poor rotting wood, then consume the nitrogen-rich worms. “Nematodes happen to be the most abundant animals these fungi…