Rozzie types remember when Birch Street was the hot place and even the Big Boston Dailies kept writing about the boutiques there and how Roslindale was the New Hotness.

Now, of course, the boutiques are just a memory, and Pazzo reports that Dandelions the florist is moving around the corner, leaving pretty much just the cheese shop between Corinth Street and the Birch Street Bistro (although let's not forget Joanne Rossman on the other side of the bistro):

... We should have a Balsamic/Extra Virgin chug contest (I was picturing alternating shots, though half and half in a short glass would look lovely for the brochure) over there in support - who's in?