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El Bulli, the now-closed bull's-eye of modern food fetishists, is going to reopen for a full month in the near future. And no, you still won't be able to get in, as the restaurant is not exactly making itself available to the public. The Catalonia home to Ferran Adrià's endless culinary experimentation and avant-garde eccentricities closed in 2011 but will reportedly spring back to life to aid the production of a fictionalized film based on the restaurant's final year in business, adapted from Lisa Abend's book, A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià's El Bulli. According to the Daily Meal, the restaurant's reemergence is being staged specifically for the yet-to-be-cast actors to immerse themselves in Adrià's world, upping the odds that the speriphied olives may be juggled at some point by Javier Bardem (or whoever ultimately plays Adrià).

Seemingly in an effort to increase transparency and rehabilitate its image following the news that its product was cited in reports of at least five deaths, Monster Beverage Corp. announced this week that it will change the ways its products are classified. They will be "beverages" going forward and no longer considered "dietary supplements." After the parents of the 14-year-old Maryland teen who had died after drinking two Monster Energy drinks filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, it was revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had been monitoring the brand since 2004, logging 37 incidences of "adverse reactions" such as arrhythmia and dizziness. The shift means that the information printed on the side of Monster Energy drinks will now be presented as "Nutrition Facts" instead of "Supplement Facts," and since the caffeine- and taurine-loaded drinks are now considered "food," the company — its methods and its ingredients included — will be subject to increased scrutiny from the FDA. [AP, Earlier, Related]

Speaking of emerging restaurant rows: Miles Table, an offshoot of Michael Lynch’s Catering by Miles (Miles is his kid), is gearing up to make its debut on the 1600 block of South Street in the weeks to come. Along with some recent arrivals to the neighborhood — Sawatdee, Cambridge, Rex 1516, and a second Honey’s Sit ’n Eat that’s opening at any minute — Miles Table heralds a rising restaurant renaissance along South Street’s once underutilized stretch on the west side of Broad Street. Lynch plans on serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, and to keep the prices pretty reasonable. While the menu is still taking shape, a rep for the project told Grub to expect things like eggs and breakfast sandwiches in the morning, and salads, burgers, pasta, pizza and a fish of the day option for lunch and dinner. Stay tuned. We’ll have more to share as the opening date gets closer.