For second time this month, a basic waterfront eatery shuts down
Dan Feidt is none too happy to see this sign in the window of Sleeper Street Cafe, which will close Friday, less than a month after the nearby Yada Yada closed to make way for a craft-beer place:I just...
View ArticleTaco Bell to Roslindale: It's nacho decision whether we open on American...
Old Frosty Freeze, where the Taco Bell would go.A Taco Bell franchisee has started advertising for managers and workers at its proposed site next to the Wendy's on American Legion Highway even though...
View ArticleAnother vestige of Polynesian cuisine bites the dust in Newton
Newton's long standing landmark, stands no morepic.twitter.com/RqpCQReGia— Newton Police (@newtonpolice) May 24, 2016South Pacific actually closed in 2012, but the sign remained - until today.
View ArticleWill wonders never cease? Dunkin' Donuts proposed for Newbury Street
The Boston Licensing Board next week considers a request to allow a Dunkin' Donuts to open at 270 Newbury St., between Fairfield and Gloucester.This would be Newbury Street's first Dunkin' Donuts since...
View ArticleVenerable Dorchester bar gets a makeover
The Dorchester Reporter takes us on a tour of the revamped Lower Mills Tavern, but keeps the beer samples to itself.
View ArticleWinner, winner, chicken dinner coming to West Roxbury
Brian Martell of West Roxbury is transforming an old pizza place into a new chicken takeout place that will serve up the poultry cooked several different ways.YellowBird Home Style Chicken is going in...
View ArticleBoston's answer to the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
Dunkin' Donuts truck - think the driver can resist the lure of Storrow Drive?
View ArticleLong awaited Hyde Park restaurant finally opens - at least, partially
City Councilor Tim McCarthy reports he was the first customer today at Antonio's Bacaro on Fairmount Avenue. He adds that currently just the bar at the Italian restaurant is open.Joseph and Sonia...
View ArticleJP's South Street could get a new dinner spot
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let Fiore's Bakery, 55 South St., stay open until 10 p.m. so it can begin offering what owner Charlie Fiore called "low-key" dinners.The board...
View ArticleMattapan supermarket says it will stop accepting goat carcasses from the back...
WCVB reports on a video taken by a customer of the America's Food Basket in Mattapan Square.
View ArticleCurtain to come down on Rialto in Harvard Square
Boston Restaurant Talk says the end is nigh for the restaurant.
View ArticleJewish-style deli could open in Lower Allston
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let a Jewish-style deli open in Barry's Corner, a locale not currently associated with pastrami or Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray.With the board's approval,...
View ArticleHealth inspector puts lid on Beacon Hill Mongolian hot pot
A city health inspector yesterday ordered Hulun Beir, 326 Cambridge St., shut until it fixes a long list of violations, including cooks not washing their hands at all - not that it would matter, since...
View ArticleDowntown slush
Ally Bruce asks:Where can I get Richie's slush in the downtown-ish area? Help!!Topics: DiningNeighborhoods: Downtown
View ArticleWhat's the count on places for a good Monte Cristo?
Michael asks:Where on the T can you get a good Monte Cristo? Topics: DiningNeighborhoods: Boston
View ArticleWorld Class City: We could finally be getting a cat cafe
Boston Restaurant Talk points us to this comment that Purr Therapy, which has been scouting locations in which to put a cafe where you can sip a latte while petting a cat, is close to signing a lease...
View ArticleProper English Sunday roast
Josh Weiland asks:Where in Boston for best proper English Sunday Roast? With meat and potatoes and veg and Yorkshire pudding?Neighborhoods: BostonFree tagging: English foodTopics: Dining
View ArticleHealth inspector shuts Back Bay Thai place
UPDATE: Chili Duck passed a re-inspection on July 11 and can re-open.A Boston health inspector yesterday shut Chili Duck, 829 Boylston St., for a long list of violations, in particular, kitchen workers...
View ArticleGood, cheapish restaurants in East Boston
Margaret Willison asks:Does anyone have any favorite restaurants in East Boston? Cheapish ones?Topics: DiningNeighborhoods: East Boston
View ArticleSometimes, it pays to double check before you post a story
The boston.com story about the Indian restaurant in Cambridge that couldn't get rid of an Entourage poster mounted to one of its walls was interesting, except that some guy from West Roxbury (a former...
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