About a year and a half ago Gowanus Lounge reported that the Indian restaurant Baluchi’s, formerly of Smith Street, was opening a new location in the Slope, on 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd streets.

Calling it “one of the longest running restaurant construction sagas we’ve ever seen,” Gowanus Lounge today offers encouraging news that the two-year construction saga at the Baluchi’s-to-be on Fifth ...