New Hampshire restaurant/butcher shop looks to open in old Hilltop lot
Boston Restaurant Talk gets a (steak) tip that Tuckaway Tavern and Butchery in bucolic Raymond, NH is a-fixin' to open a second outlet in the now cow-less but still giant-cactused old Hilltop property...
View ArticleHyde Park restaurant shuts down
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Briar Rose on Hyde Park Avenue has wilted.It's the latest restaurant to close (or to never even open) at that spot. It was also Kevin Twohig's second go at a...
View ArticleNew South End complex could get cocktail bar thanks to law intended to spur...
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the new owners of a bar in Dorchester Lower Mills transfer their liquor license to the bar they want to open in the South End's new Ink Block...
View ArticleFields Corner cafe would offer baked goods in the morning, a rotating menu of...
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a full liquor license to Homestead Bakery and Cafe, 1448 Dorchester Ave.Proposed manager Shiyu Wu told the board today he and his partners...
View ArticleSame Old Place applies for beer-and-wine license
The Same Old Place, 662 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week to request a license to serve beer and wine with its pizza and subs.The board's hearings begin at...
View ArticleCity's best burrito place in a gas station is back - this time with a more...
Villa Mexico, forced to shut when the Cambridge Street gas station it was in was sold for development, re-opened today at 121 Water St. downtown.
View ArticleLate-night chain pizza options could increase in Boston
Domino's, which has long dominated overnight pizza delivery in Boston could soon face new competition from Papa John's. The Boston Licensing Board tomorrow decides whether to let the Papa John's, 971...
View ArticleBest Buffalo wings in Jamaica Plain
Mitchell Diatz is in search of JP's best Buffalo wings.Neighborhoods: Jamaica PlainFree tagging: Chicken wingsTopics: Dining
View ArticleBoard rejects deli's request to stock old-country vodka for the elderly...
The Boston Licensing Board today rejected a request from Babushka Deli on Washington Street, just up from the Brookline line, to expand its stock of beer and wine to include harder stuff.At a hearing...
View ArticleBoard hopes to see no trouble with a capital T at new Allston bar
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owner of a bar being built in Allston buy a billiards table.In a holdover from the days when authorities worried about the corrupting...
View ArticleRoslindale getting Israeli brunches for a month
For four Sundays starting Jan. 31, the Chubby Chickpea, which normally runs a food truck, will be doing a shakshuka brunch at 7 Star Street Bistro on Belgrade Ave., between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Don't like...
View ArticleLand rush at the licensing board as restaurant owners try to get one of 10...
The Boston Licensing Board next week hears 11 requests for liquor licenses - all but one from either the North End or the South Boston waterfront - for one of the ten "all alcohol" licenses freed up by...
View ArticleSomething familiar about new Chinatown hot-pot place
In addition to retaining the old pagoda-ish overhang and lights, the new Joy Luck Hot Pot Restaurant is keeping the red and yellow colors of the McDonald's it's replacing at the corner of Washington...
View ArticleThey say in Hyde Park, when one restaurant closes, another one opens
Molly Lanzarotta reports that Salamander's, 1231 River St., was open for breakfast today and that they are serving:Omelettes, breakfast burritos, lattes, arugula & apple smoothie (excellent!)....
View ArticleNorth End restaurants under siege: Owners, councilors say neighborhood losing...
Chianti no longer enough, North End restaurants say.A series of hearings on licenses to serve all kinds of liquor today turned into something of a battle between the North End, where restaurants that...
View ArticleSouthern-style biscuits and gravy
Ryan asks:Best place for a big plate of Southern style biscuits and gravy?Neighborhoods: BostonFree tagging: Southern foodTopics: Dining
View ArticlePicking a winner in musical chairs can be tough: Licensing board holds off...
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday deferred any action on the 12 requests it had for a small number of valuable "all alcohol" licenses it suddenly got to dole out this year.Thanks to the state...
View ArticlePeople who favor curry in the Theater District can no longer assume a Tantric...
Tantric India Bistro in the Transportation Building has shut its doors forever, after serving up Indian food for 12 years.Our heartfelt thanks for your past dining visits over the years, and your many...
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Roslindale gets closer to livin' la vida mocha as two coffee shops rush to...
PS Gourmet Coffee at Washington and Poplar streets and the Green T Coffee Shop at Walter and South streets seem to be in a race to see which one opens first, ending the coffee-shop drought the...
View ArticleSouth Boston could get restaurant focusing on food rather than sports,...
The space, 749 E. Broadway. Photo by Eileen Murphy.Michael Norton, who has long owned buildings that house restaurants, wants to open one of his own: He's applied for a liquor license for vacant...
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