"I'm looking forward to it because it's going to be a lot more convenient than trekking up to Christy's," says Allen C. Soong '96 of Dunster House.

"You just have to walk down the street rather than heading back into the Square," Dunster resident Christina V. Karnakis '95 says.

Consumers with a Harvard affiliation--faculty, staff and students--make up about 80 percent of Louie's customers, Chen says.

"I think it's important to serve the Harvard community," Chen says.

Although the internal layout of the store has changed somewhat, the prices, especially of beer and wine, will be the same as before the fire.

The cause for last summer's fire, which destroyed one third of Louie's, is still uncertain, Chen says.

"I tried to contact them [the Cambridge fire department] several times, but they didn't get back to me," Chen says.

Chen says he plans to add some new features to serve his customers, including a copy machine and a fax. Copies will cost five cents.

Chen has been the Louie's owner for six and a half years. The real "Louie," Louie Palucci, sold the business twelve years ago.

Chen says he is extremely grateful to the Harvard community for its support and patronage over the years.