What's happening to some former Upper Crusts is Just and Proper
A former Harvard Square Upper Crust renamed the Just Crust could soon be joined by a former Newbury Street Upper Crust to be renamed the Proper Slice.The Boston Licensing Board today gave SS...
View ArticleGLAD Summer Party
Join Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders at our annual Summer Party held outside in the heart of Provincetown, MA on Saturday, July 27 from 4:00-7:00PM. Enjoy the view of the harbor, mingle...
View ArticleIndian restaurant opens in Roslindale
Ed Grzyb tweeted last night:Enjoyed dinner tonight at Shanti in Roslindale. Food: great. Service: good. Tables: Mostly full. No alcohol license yet.
View ArticleEast Boston gets late-night cafe
The Boston Licensing Board last week gave Cafe Gigu, 102 Meridian St., permission to stay open until 1 a.m.The cafe had previously had to shut at 9:30 p.m. Owner Gina Guerrero told the board she'd been...
View ArticleLegal Seafood could open in Downtown Crossing
In the new ritzy apartment building under construction across from the Ritz, the Herald reports.
View ArticleThe man who replaces Scrabble tiles
Limeduck continues his one-man campaign to ensure no coffeehouse Scrabble set goes without letters for long.
View ArticleEnd of Townsend's Ending
UH has been OK about reporting on the Townsend's shenanigans and delays. Adam's less invested than those of us in lower Hyde Park though. We're fairly giddy watching sudden activity on the signs of...
View ArticleToday's most fribbleous news
The Boston Business Journal reports Friendly's latest attempt to redefine itself and stay alive involves switching the kind of ice cream used to make Fribbles from soft to hard.
View ArticleCourt rules end of Long Wharf not a park, which could pave way for restaurant...
It may look like a park and have people walk in it like it's a park, but the far end of Long Wharf isn't a park, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled today.The ruling is a victory for the Boston...
View ArticleAndrew Square watering hole to dry up so that yet another Seaport restaurant...
The Seaport continues to spin like a vortex, sucking out liquor licenses from the rest of the city: On March 27, the Boston Licensing Board holds a hearing on a proposal by chef Todd Winer (late of Met...
View ArticleWalgreens wants to let you munch canapes at 4 a.m. while contemplating the...
Walgreens goes before the Boston Licensing Board on March 27 to serve food 24 hours a day at its impending upscale emporium on the site of the old Borders store at School and Washington...
View ArticleCourt shuts down South End restaurant that moved to Roslindale then moved...
John Keith snapped a photo of the notice in the window of Geoffrey's Cafe on Berkeley Street that the place has been shut "per order of the Superior Court" - possibly due to an issue of rent payments.
View ArticleWho goes to Mary Ann's for food? Nobody, that's who
The Cleveland Circle bar goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week for permission to ditch its food-serving license and just serve hard drinks for men who want to get drunk fast - or BC students...
View ArticleEmerson boots longtime pub, comedy club from Boylston Street building
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Emerson College decided not to renew the leases for Remington's and Dick Doherty's Beantown Comedy Vault. The bar is closing, while the comedy club will seek new digs.
View ArticleRemember when you could actually smell things in a bakery?
Candelaria Silva misses those days:Commercial places must now have superior ventilation systems that eliminate the aromas of what’s being prepared and, for me, something is lacking as a result.When I...
View ArticleRed hots
BostonJohn asks:Anyone know where to buy red hot dogs in the city?Neighborhoods: BostonFree tagging: Hot dogsTopics: Dining
View ArticleWhen did Ted Cruz start writing restaurant reviews?
Boston Eater asked local food writers for their "biggest restaurant grievances" of the year just past. Some of the writers responded with complaints about overly loud restaurants, the ubiquity of...
View ArticleDorchester KFC shut after inspector finds broken glass and dust near food
Update: Smashed glass due to car crashing into the place over the weekend.A city health inspector ordered the Kentucky Fried Chicken at 465 Washington St. shut on Saturday due to glass, dust and other...
View ArticleStarbucks looks to conquer Park Square by replacing melted cheese with...
Starbucks goes before the Zoning Board of Appeals next week for permission to change the shuttered Melting Pot fondue place in the Park Plaza Hotel into a, well, Starbucks.Park Plaza guests who now...
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