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Salamander's shut

Dave Goodrich shows us the court order and other documents testifying to the end of Salamander's on River Street - which only opened in January.

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no more decent breakfast in the area.....their ceviche was good:( Maybe if they had a liquor license would they been successfull.....and still nothing from The former Briar Rose?

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Richy's on River Street is a great greasy spoon. Check them out.

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Wish the old apothecary were closer to clearly...friendly place!

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And cannot read the text on the white document. Why is this place being shut down? Unpaid taxes?

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The plaintiff is the owner of the property, so presumably unpaid rent.

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I can't really tell from the photo. Anyone know more?

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Its an execution put on by the family trust that probably had collective interest in the business.

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You are using "execution" to mean something other than the common English meaning, so please go into some more detail.

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It's just one on a long list
of places that have gone
under in H.P. The area
just does not support
entrepreneurs who try
to bring it up.
I will bet the Dot
business section will be
in much better shape when
Marty leaves then Mumbles
left H.P. after twenty years!

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There's no single Dot "business section." It's kind of a big place. And while River Street may have issues, I'm not sure the failure of a single cafe says anything about the state of River Street - the restaurant business is kind of well known for frequent failures.

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I still blame Menino for
not investing in the
area. His focus was
elsewhere. Except when
he needed the everyman
label.Then he was the
guy from Hyde Park.

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Eh, Cleary square has trouble holding down $$ and $$$ sit down restaurants (out of $$$$). Beyond getting my haircut by Joe or his minion that looks like Elvis I try and avoid the area as much as possible and I know I am not alone.

Cleary square is a low end retail market. Poor parking and traffic issues just make it even worse. I do need to try out Bacaro perhaps that will help.

It certainly could be something decent someday, but I would not be holding your breath.

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or else Central, Inman, Davis, and Union squares wouldn't be thriving as restaurant destinations.

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All of those squares have wealthy population bases to pull off of. If $$ restaurants want to survive they need to pull money from Fairmount Hill and surrounding communities. That takes parking. If it were not for the Neponset choking off access I would be tempted to argue for making River Street one way to increase pedestrian access and parking.

Hyde Park shares little in common with Cambridge etc. It is more suburb than city, it takes different ingredients to succeed.

Is parking the end all? Nope, but it sure would help.

Edit: No C in choking.

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Al is the barber you refer to as minion/Elvis. He has the best gossip in HP, maybe Boston. He does a good job on what little hair I have left.

I refer to Cleary and Logan Squares as Keratin Corner. Everything at first glance seems to be nails and hair...more per block than anywhere else in the city.

A century ago, Cleary was the place that men from Boston and all over the area came for clothing and accessories. Big and little stores outfitted trolley and auto riders' bodies with suits, shoes, shirts, the whole haberdashery works.Alas now, beside the keratin companies, dollar-stores abound.

Down at Logan and toward the commuter rail though, restaurants worth the trip thrive. The Fairmount Grille, with regular free live music as well as fine food took over from Townsend's. Rincon up the block has very good Caribbean fare (like goat stew), across the street is Antonio's from the Sophia's Grotto couple (dinner only) with as good and fancy Italian as anywhere.

I live just up the hill and would love to see several more good restaurants, particularly with music, displacing yet another hair or nail salon.

Meanwhile if you want to slander Menino, turn up River across from the Logan Square barber shop, walk a block. Sit at the new benches by the Menino Y branch and do it there.

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This area is just depressing. We bought a house here a few years ago and i regret it. My husband is a city employee and we have to live in the city. We decided to give HP a chance thinking maybe the neighborhood would evolve the way the rest of the city seems to be. What a mistake. Stuck here for 4 more years. Im sorry to say but there's too many low lifes here. They dont care about nice cafes. They dont take wic or ebt so why would they go there.

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Elysium, while River Street/Cleary Square is 95 % EBT stores, ambulance-chaser chiropracters, storefront churches and hair salons, there are pockets of cool things. Menino Arts Center, Rons Ice Cream/Bowling, Fairmount Grill. I've been in Hyde Park for 20 years and went through culture shock you're experiencing. Since you are married to a city employee and are obligated to live here, maybe you can become more involved, volunteer with Main Streets and get to know the people who are trying to make things better. There is a really dedicated core group of people who try their best to get everybody involved and make things better. We can't fix up the square if nobody will go there. Nobody will go there if there is nothing good there to go to. The stores/shops there now appeal to a lot of the people who live in and around Hyde Park - it has not been overtaken by hipsters (though I wish they would!!). Just complaining about Hyde Park/Cleary Square is not going to make it better. I feel bad for Salamander, but admit I never ate there because it didn't appeal to me.

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Not sure how much i can get involved with something like that as i work full time in cambridge and have two small kids not in school yet. Im a bit suprised that more professional people arent moving to the area given the affordability...not everyone wants to spend an enormous amount on real estate even if they have the money because the prices in the boston area are just insane, ridiculously overpriced for what you get. So in that sense HP is attractive. But it seems HP is not worth the low prices for many families, even city employees. There just aren't a lot of attractions in the area. I use the fairmount train everyday to get to work and i use the stop and shop on truman highway. Weve been to fairmount grill a bunch of times, it's not bad. If there were more places to go i would go...but we have no choice but to go to milton or west rox for much of what we want to do. Oh and we use the cvs on HP ave.

Ive noticed real estate has been a bit better...ive been suprised by what some houses ive seen sell for the past few months. But it is discouraging to see so many restaurants close...and there are still a lot of run down houses and store fronts.

I dont feel unsafe but we have some neighbors who arent exactly people youd want as neighbors.

I remember getting my hair done at salon capri...seems like when that place closed it took much of HP with it.

I also dont think it's a parking issue...there are parking issues everywhere. Its a too many low income people issue. And i cant help with that.

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I feel like the problem with Hyde Park is it's just too inaccessible and far away to really feel like the city, get the hipsters / gentrifiers coming in, attracting people from other neighborhoods... but it's also definitely the city and not the suburbs, so the tax base and general wealth level isn't there. Maybe more parking really would help, so people may come in from outside the neighborhood to spend money at any nice places. Or maybe the Orange line will eventually get extended along the Needham line and Rozzie/WX will become the new JP, forcing those first wave gentrifiers (artists and gays and hipsters) down to HP and Mattapan.

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Hyde park also has some of the ugliest houses ive ever seen. The whole place is an eyesore. The poor people that live there can do nothing to change it. It wont change. People are getting priced out of plenty of places but they aint going to hyde park.

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Now you are just being insulting. Maybe you should move.

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We will be.

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HP also has some of the grandest and most beautiful Victorians in the commonwealth. I'd advise walking or biking around to get the idea.

We moved here 7 years ago after a couple of decades in an historic JP area. I was sure there was no worthwhile history or political background. I was very wrong. We're on Fairmount Hill and I got educated by the research librarian at the Copley BPL. She turned me on to online HP history and architecture resources. I leaned about Theodore Weld, the Grimke sisters, their adopted black relatives who came to fame and influence as diplomats and poets, the first (unofficial) voting by women in the U.S. from Fairmount to the Muni and such. Way back from before Boston annexed it, HP has history out the ears.

I'd recommend trotting to the local BPL and asking the nice head librarian to let you into the upstairs archives room. There are a couple of centuries of artifacts and documents available to see, touch and copy. It smartened me up.

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The black dahlia is from HP...that's one piece of history i know about this place.

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;-)

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Docket Date Docket Text Amount Owed File Ref Nbr.
05/09/2016 Complaint filed 1
05/09/2016 Termination notice filed (Uniform Summary Process Rule 2). 2
05/09/2016 Civil Filing Fee Surcharge due. Receipt: 48945 Date: 05/17/2016 $15.00
05/09/2016 Summary Process Filing Fee due. Receipt: 48945 Date: 05/17/2016 $180.00
05/09/2016 Event Scheduled
Event: Hearing (CV)
Date: 05/19/2016 Time: 09:00 AM
Result: Held
05/11/2016 Appearance filed
On this date Michael William Ford, Esq. added as Private Counsel for Plaintiff Roslindale Senior Housing Non-Profit, Inc. 3
05/19/2016 Appearance filed
On this date Michael William Ford, Esq. added for Plaintiff Alan G. Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust 4
05/19/2016 Event Resulted
The following event: Hearing (CV) scheduled for 05/19/2016 09:00 AM has been resulted as follows:
Result: Held
05/20/2016 Judgment Entered:
Judgment for Plaintiff for Possession and Rent , by agreement of the parties
Driscoll, Hon. Mary Ann
Judgment For: Dana, Myer R / Dana, Alan G.
Judgment Against: Salamander's Coffee Place, LLC
Terms of Judgment:
Interest Begins: 05/09/2016 Jdgmnt Date: 05/20/2016
Interest Rate: .12
Daily Interest Rate: .000329
Damages:
Damage Amt: 8038.31 Filing Fees: 195.00
Other Costs: 65.00
Judgment Total: 8,327.40
Execution entered on 05/20/2016
05/20/2016 Execution Issued:
Execution for Possession of Comercial Property
Judgment Debtor: Salamander's Coffee Place, LLC
Judgment Creditor: Myer R Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust / Alan G. Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust
Terms of Execution:
EXON Issuance Date: 05/20/2016
Judgment Total: 8,327.40
Execution Subtotal: 8,327.40
Execution Total: 8,327.40
05/20/2016 Execution Issued:
Execution for Possession of Comercial Property
Judgment Debtor: Salamander's Coffee Place, LLC
Judgment Creditor: Myer R Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust / Alan G. Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust
Terms of Execution:
EXON Issuance Date: 05/20/2016
Judgment Total: 8,327.40
Post Judgment Int. Rate: .12
Execution Subtotal: 8,327.40
Execution Total: 8,327.40
05/20/2016 Execution Issued:
Execution on Money Judgment
Judgment Debtor: Salamander's Coffee Place, LLC
Judgment Creditor: Myer R Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust / Alan G. Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust
Terms of Execution:
EXON Issuance Date: 05/20/2016
Judgment Total: 8,327.40
Post Judgment Int. Rate: .12
Execution Subtotal: 8,327.40
Execution Total: 8,327.40
06/21/2016 Event Scheduled
Event:Plaintiff's Motion to issue Alias Execution
Date: 06/30/2016 Time: 09:00 AM
Result: Held
06/30/2016 Event Resulted
The following event: Motion Hearing (CV) scheduled for 06/30/2016 09:00 AM has been resulted as follows:
Result: Held
06/30/2016 Motion for issuance of successive execution allowed.
06/30/2016 Execution Issued:
Execution on Money Judgment
Judgment Debtor: Salamander's Coffee Place, LLC
Judgment Creditor: Myer R Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust / Alan G. Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust
Terms of Execution:
EXON Issuance Date: 06/30/2016
Judgment Total: 8,327.40
Post Judgment Int. Rate: .12 Post Judgment Int. Total: 112.33
Execution Subtotal: 8,439.73
Execution Total: 8,439.73
06/30/2016 Execution Issued:
Execution for Possession of Comercial Property
Judgment Debtor: Salamander's Coffee Place, LLC
Judgment Creditor: Myer R Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust / Alan G. Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust
Terms of Execution:
EXON Issuance Date: 06/30/2016
Judgment Total: 8,327.40
Post Judgment Int. Rate: .12 Post Judgment Int. Total: 112.33
Execution Subtotal: 8,439.73
Execution Total: 8,439.73
07/21/2016 Execution Issued:
Execution on Money Judgment
Judgment Debtor: Salamander's Coffee Place, LLC
Judgment Creditor: Myer R Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust / Alan G. Dana As Trustee of Dana Family Trust
Terms of Execution:
EXON Issuance Date: 06/30/2016
Judgment Total: 8,327.40
Post Judgment Int. Rate: .12 Post Judgment Int. Total: 112.33
Execution Subtotal: 8,439.73
Execution Total: 8,439.73

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Did Zak steal your log in?

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Looks like a judgment for summary process i.e. an eviction, probably for unpaid rent.

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Wasn't this a business which open under the Mayor's Small Business Plan? I remember reading about its grand opening. Was timely payment of taxes a provision outlined in the plan?

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There are a handfull of decent restaraunts doing ok and Bacaro appears to be doing well and has good food. challenge is many residents on Fairmount Hill head to Dedham or Rossi to eat instead of walking down the hill or parking in the central lot and walking the small distance to restaraunts. And HP have many retired people that can't afford to eat out. And the Family Dollar and multiple hair shops don't help.

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Yep, aside from dinner there is no destination in Cleary Square. Go to an upscale eatery and than afterwards buy hair extensions? Not exactly on most higher end consumers list of things to do.

This results in that crowd heading over to legacy place or downtown.

What is this central parking you speak of? Aside from the banks, that do not allow parking, there is not much parking to be had.

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What is this central parking you speak of? Aside from the banks, that do not allow parking, there is not much parking to be had.

There's a municipal parking lot right in the heart of Cleary Square across from the police station with over 130 parking spaces. And the commuter rail lot with ample spaces that are free at night and weekends. What are you talking about?

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We have one in Davis Square, and there's another a few blocks east of Inman Square going towards East Cambridge. Both neighborhoods are prospering.

I doubt that the Family Dollar on Moody Street in Waltham is hurting any of that area's many restaurants, either.

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Well what do you think it is? I dont think it's just family dollar, it's that there isnt much else other than the family dollar lol.

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I moved to HP from super expensive JP about a year and half ago. I was warned about the issues with local businesses, but we didn't want to live in a condo anymore, so it was HP, suburbs, or bust. I have found a lot to love about the neighborhood, and I'm hopeful that the business mix will evolve over time. I personally never ate at Salamander's, in large part because of their hours and menu. I would like to see more businesses open that can bridge the income differences in the neighborhood. Yes, more nice sit-down restaurants would be great. But so would some nicer but still inexpensive quick service places...I'm thinking of something like Purple Cactus in JP. I would also love a Daily Table, like they have in Dorchester. I think that could appeal not only to our lower income neighbors, but also people who believe in reducing food waste and conserving resources. I would love to be involved in improving HP, so please reply if you know about how to get into that.

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