As expected, Heart n’ Soul opened on East Third Street last week, which only triggered more nostalgia for the restaurant it replaced, Mama’s Food Shop.

@SarahMShaker tweeted, “Still Miss Mama’s food shop so hope heartnsoulnyc brings back what I loved to the neighborhood.”

@WilsonAlert wrote, “RIP to one of my favorite food spots in the East Village…”

@kikaeats struck a more optimistic tone: “Ideal replacement to Mama’s Food Shop. Pls make great fried chicken!”

Oh, and last month a Yelper left a proper epitaph on the Mama’s Yelp page.

I come to bury Mama’s food shop, not to praise it.
The evil that restaurants do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their fixtures and equipment;
So let it be with Mama’s food shop. The noble @Dusty K.
Hath told you Mama’s food shop portions were too small:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault;
And grievously hath Mama’s food shop answer’d it.

Here, under leave of @Dusty K. and the rest, —
For @Dusty K. is an honorable yelper;
So are they all, all honorable yelpers, —
Come I to speak at Mama’s food shop’s funeral.
It was my spot, tasty and good to me:
But @Dusty K. says the portions were too small;
And @Dusty K. is an honorable man.

Anyway, we told you about Heart n’ Soul’s “Southern coastal cuisine” a couple of weeks ago. Now that it’s up and running, let’s take a look inside. Click on the image below to see a larger version of the menu.

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Heart n’ Soul, 200 East Third Street (near Avenue B); (646) 360-2053. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.