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Lower Roxbury to get a new place to pick up some beer and wine
By adamg on Fri, 01/13/2017 - 4:06pm
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved a malt and wine license for Quick Pick Convenience, 973 Tremont St.
More than 20 members of United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury packed the board's hearing room Wednesday to support owner Nimesh Rana's plans to replace candy and laundry products that few people are buying with shelves for wine and a cooler for beer.
Rana submitted petitions with more than 700 signatures, both from UNLR members and nearby Northeastern graduate students, in support of his request. The proposal was also supported by the mayor's office.
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Double parking
Because making another reason for people to double park on Tremont "just for a minute" to get their booze is such a great idea. Hollywood Liquors across the street is NOTORIOUS for this.
Double parking
is the lifeblood of small businesses. We all can't be GE, Mass General or New Balance.
Malt and wine?
Like Thunderbird, night train, older English, king cobra?
Malt Shop? —Where I Grew Up, We Called The Place A Soda Fountain
Yes, some of the soda fountains had a prominently displayed malt dispenser, but it wasn't a very popular item on the menu.
The one time I tried it, I thought the malt tasted like Ovaltine — but a lot worse! The ice cream, syrups and toppings were delicious enough on their own. Adding malt just gave it a funny chemical taste.
Calling the place a "Malt Shop" because one of the items they sell is malt, is like calling a supermarket a "Liver Shop" because one of the items they sell is liver.
Where I grew up ...
We didn't have malt shops (but we did have soda fountains - mmm, nothing like a chocolate egg cream in a paper cone with a side order of pretzel stick). But we did have Malta Goya, which we'd dare each other to get and drink and, oh, man, was that stuff awful! I imagine the youths of New England have a similar reaction to Moxie.
Um, where were we again?
Lower Roxbury ?
Never heard of Lower Roxbury ?
Is it the same as South Dorchester ?
Hmmmmm.
No, it's a real thing
And it's been around for a long time. It's the area roughly between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Mass. Ave. - no matter how many Realtor-brand real-estate agents try to call it the South End.