Allston pizza place wins approval to make pies later into the night
The Boston Licensing Board today gave Rock City Pizza, 568 Cambridge St., permission to stay open until 2 a.m. - and deliver until 3 a.m.The pizza place had previously had to close at 1 a.m.At a...
View ArticleSpicing things up in local produce department
Daniel Guzman takes note of some new signs at the West Roxbury Roche Bros.
View ArticleEagle Hill gets resident-only parking; not everybody happy
The East Boston Times-Free Press reports the city has approved a resident permit system for the East Boston neighborhood; reports that among the opponents are the owners of Rino’s Place, who wonder...
View ArticleWho says Southie is changing? The L Street Cumbies is open again
Eileen Murphy brings the glad tidings that the L Street Cumberland Farms has re-opened after some remodeling.Still, in possible deference to the changing socioeconomic composition of the neighborood,...
View ArticleCops hope to trap lobster truck thieves
Sharon Police have put out an All Points Menu for this stolen lobster food truck. If you see it and want to help the cops crack the case and get the truck back to its boiling mad owners, drop a quarter...
View ArticleFirst shakshuka, now bagels pop up in Roslindale
Adam Kessel reports that Exodus Bagels will be doing some pop-up bagel sales at Redd's in Rozzie on Washington Street this Saturday morning. You may recall how last month, the Chubby Chickpea did...
View ArticleNo cheers in Allston as Bravo Pizza shuts down
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Bravo Pizza, 160 Brighton Ave., has exited stage left and won't be coming back for an encore.
View ArticleRoslindale shows major pent-up bagel demand
You don't often see people lining up for anything in Roslindale Square, but as roving UHub photographer Chris Dagdigian found, an Exodus Bagels pop-up at Redd's in Rozzie this morning brought out the...
View ArticleIs 'Beantown' OK if the place sells coffee?
Marty St. George asks the question after spotting this "Beantown" address on an impending Tremont Street coffeehouse (he votes no).
View ArticleWaltham ice-cream shop to sell donuts filled with ice cream
Lisa Johnson gets the scoop: On Friday, Pizzi Farm will open its ice cream season with a one-day special: Cones made out of donuts, filled with ice cream.
View ArticleEmergency meeting set on shutdown of the Grove Hall Stop & Shop
Community groups and ISD will hold a public meeting about the mouse-inspired shutdown of the Grove Hall Stop & Shop on Tuesday, March 29 at 6 p.m. at Muhammad’s Mosque #11, 10 Washington St.Via Jed...
View Article13-year-old drives stolen SUV from Foxboro to Roxbury, where he crashes
Via I-93, WBZ reports.The kid was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail at his arraignment in Boston Juvenile Court today on charges of receiving a stolen motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an...
View ArticleRoslindale could get a Taco Bell, right next to its Wendy's and across from a...
The Bulletin reports developers are looking at putting in a Taco Bell at American Legion Highway and Walk Hill Street and a 140-unit apartment building across the highway at the site of the Calisi...
View ArticleAnother familiar Harvard Square sight disappears
Ron Newman watched workers begin to take apart the Au Bon Pain minutes after it closed forever at 2 p.m. today.In addition to shutting the sandwich place, Harvard has also chopped down the trees in the...
View ArticlePlucky Brit heads our way to import casks of English ale
The York Press reports on Phil Saltonstall's plans to import English cask ale here - and ship craft US ale back to the old country - once he moves here with his wife, Harriet, who becomes Her Majesty's...
View ArticleCask ale
Christopher asks:Since John Harvards in Harvard Sq stopped their production, I’ve been looking for a good cask ale place. Know any?Free tagging: beerTopics: Dining
View ArticleCrunch time at Fenway Park: Sox switch potato-chip allegiance
Jeremy Selwyn, one of the region's foremost potato-chip experts, reports fans of Wise potato chips could get pretty fried when they go to a Red Sox game this year: The Sox have switched their official...
View ArticleUnicorn kisses taste a bit like cantaloupe
Patty Neal reports she scored some of that Polar Seltzer Unicorn Kisses elixir.I thought it tasted like cantaloupe. Not great. And it didn't sparkle when I poured it. ... It IS carbonated, it just...
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