Boston Restaurant Talk reports Gyro City on Peterborough Street is no more, although the one in Brighton remains open.

Such is the goodness of Speed's hot dogs out of the truck in Newmarket Square that Liz Bomze mentions completely in passing that it's opening a permanent outlet in the under-reconstruction restaurant row on Peterborough Street in the Fenway.

Via Boston Restaurant Talk.

Actual progress on Peterborough Street today: A small team of workers began removing debris behind the mural-covered plywood to allow for more serious construction of a new building that will house up to nine restaurants.

84-100 Peterborough Trust, which owns the property, says it already has lease commitments from El Pelon, Thornton's Bar & Grill and Rod Dee Thai to return to the block, which went up in flames in January, 2009. An unnnamed Japanese grill and sushi bar also wants to move in, the trust said in a statement.

Mike Mennonno reports the owner of the burned-out restaurant row last week submitted plans to the BRA for a five-story mixed-use development; Mike is not optimistic the original tenants will be able to afford the new rents.

The Globe reports on a rally on Peterborough Street.

The Boston Fire Department responded this afternoon to a small fire in the basement at 76 Peterborough St. That's just down the block from the scene of a much larger fire that destroyed several businesses in January and not far from a small fire at 109 Peterborough St. in February.