From the moment a customer steps into board game café Hex & Company, it’s clear they won’t be bored. The game café, one of the many new eateries to open in Morningside Heights over the summer, is the second of its kind in Manhattan; not quite a restaurant or just another study spot, Hex & Company has over a thousand board and card games available for visitors to play for as long as they want.

Morningside Heights’ restaurant scene changed drastically over the summer, with an unusually large amount of construction taking place. New eateries include casual fast food locations, sit-down restaurants, and a game café, as well as relocations and renovations to already established businesses, many of which have already opened.

Shake Shack announced in a press release on Monday that its Morningside Heights location will be opening for business this Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Barnard senior Falls Kennedy has worked with Twyla Tharp, BC ’63, John Heginbotham, and a list of other famous names in the dance world, but she has always made time for both dance and academics at Columbia.

For Leo Angulo, there was no question about how he wanted to spend his time at Columbia: Theater would always come first.

Bernheim and Schwartz, a popular senior destination on 114th and Broadway, shut down the à la carte portion of the restaurant on Sunday, changing the building into a venue specifically for events.

Bacchanal, Columbia’s largest annual music performance, is a time for students to enjoy themselves and let loose before finals season begins. This year’s show featured a ground-breaking lineup: Bacchanal saw its first female headliner in Aluna Francis of AlunaGeorge, as well as its first transgender performer in supporting act Mykki Blanco.

Many students look forward to the Varsity Show as a cumulation of a year of campus life, but many may have felt let down this year because School of Engineering and Applied Science and School of General Studies students were underrepresented. Instead, the show focused on the departure of former Barnard President Debora Spar and an imagined merger between Barnard and Columbia. While the cast’s singing and dancing talents were evident, the plot lacked a clear chronology and character development was almost non-existent.

It’s been a busy semester for construction in Morningside Heights, with the announcement of four new restaurants that will be opening over the course of the year.

Junzi Kitchen, a casual, modern Chinese restaurant, will be joining Morningside Heights in early May on Broadway between 112th and 113th streets, next to Milano Market. It will be the fourth new restaurant, alongside Shake Shack, Food Dried Hot Pot, and Shaking Crab, to open in the Columbia neighborhood this year.