5 to Try: Friend zone Ah, the friend zone. There’s no worse place to be if you’re on the losing end of an unrequited love — but then again, maybe there is. Hey, I’ll take friend zone over restraining order…

Jason Brumm knows there’s a lot of new restaurants coming to Germantown. But, the chef argues, his soon-to-open Von Elrod’s Beer Garden & Sausage House fills a key niche for the neighborhood’s residents and visitors. “We’re not competing for your dinner…