1) Brooklyn Pita on Seventh Avenue, which has been in the works for many months, is finally open on Seventh Avenue between Seventh Street and Eighth Street. Falafel and gyros for everybody.

2)We don’t know about the wisdom of calling a tanning salon “Alaskan.” (Truth be told, we don’t know about tanning salons in general.) However, Park Slopers will now have the option of Alaskan Sun Tanning, which is next to Brooklyn Pita, at 303 Seventh Avenue. Alaskan Sun Tanning, in fact, is a small chain, with other locations in Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst. (At least, those are the two that show up on the map on the website, although a map of the entire country pops up.) They appear to have a large second floor space on Seventh.