The experiment with breakfast hours at Alivia's Durham Bistro was scaled back a bit in recent months, with the restaurant/cafe having moved their opening hour back a bit to 8:30 in the morning most weekdays. Sitting unused outside: a bright-green stand on the patio, which serves patrons many evenings but has been shuttered for the morning traffic.

Our friends at Carpe Durham are tracking down a rumor, though, that this stand may be getting new morning life, with a reported partnership with Bean Traders Coffee possibly bringing java and espresso to Alivia's in the morning via that very outdoor stand.

Read more (including the comments) over at CD. No word on whether Alivia's will be investing in a Magic Fog Cloud Machine^TM to spew out an opaque, Bay Area-style rolling mist along the Main & Gregson so that the Brightleaf Square parking security detail loses their visual on you as you sneak into Alivia's after parking in the free-but-restricted lot that's oh-so-convenient if you want to pop in to the establishment -- for just a minute, really, Mr. Secrity Guard!