Mexican food
The City that Always Sleeps tells owner of downtown Mexican place to take some Lunesta
By adamg - 1/18/12 - 10:17 pmThe Metro reports city officials oppose the idea of a Mexican restaurant on Bromfield Street staying open until 4:30 a.m. It would attract drunks, police say. That's almost 24-hour food service, licensing-board head grumps.
City officials allowed as how they might let Tequila Mexican Grill stay open until 2 a.m., but only after the owner meets with nearby residents. Apparently, only the so-called Innovation District will be allowed to have late-night food, if you don't count the 24-hour license the South Street Diner has, but, sheesh, that's just a few blocks away from the Innovation District and right near the new gateway the city and state want to build for our world-class city by South Station. Certainly nowhere near downtown.
The City that Always Sleeps to grapple with issue of late-night burritos and nachos
By adamg - 1/12/12 - 5:25 pmTequila Mexican Grill, 55 Bromfield St., goes before the Boston Licensing Board on Jan. 18 for permission to extend its closing time from 7 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.
On the one hand, you would think if any part of the city would not only tolerate but welcome late-night food, it would be Downtown Crossing, home to a growing population of people who actually like living in the middle of a city. On the other hand, well, this is Boston.
El Centro: Good Mexican food, but a little pricey
By adamg - 9/24/11 - 7:30 amBosGuy reviews El Centro on Shawmut Avenue in the South End.
Boston's best taco place in a gas station is closing
By adamg - 8/22/11 - 4:04 pmVilla Mexico on Cambridge Street on Beacon Hill could transmogrify into a food truck or seek donations to re-open elsewhere; owner reports on never-ending battles with landlord, who plans to tear the whole thing down and put up an office building.
Through the years, we have not received professional treatment. The appliances, heat and electricity have broken repeatedly, leaving us with spoiled food or freezing during the winters- as some of you have experienced. Leaks are very evident now. Basic maintenance or health regulation requirements have also been ignored.
Shuttered JP taco place to re-open
By adamg - 8/9/11 - 9:31 amTacos El Charro, 349 Centre St., will re-open as soon as the city issues an inspection certificate, owner Aida Luz Navarro said this morning.
Navarro told the Boston Licensing Board she was forced to close the restaurant earlier this year due to financial problems - she didn't have enough to pay for a required permit in December, and in January, NStar shut off power due to a $7,000 unpaid bill.
Navarro said she's worked out a payment plan with the electric company and has raised enough money to buy the food and supplies needed to re-open. She said she is only awaiting an Inspectional Services Department inspection. In the meantime, she said, she has been cleaning and updating the restaurant.
Navarro was before the board for non-use of her common victualer's license.
Maybe someday you'll ask friends if they want to go down to the North End for some Mexican food
By adamg - 2/24/11 - 3:53 pmThe Boston Licensing Board today approved a Mexican restaurant in the heart of the North End.
Ali Yagcioglu needed board permission to open his El Triunfo take-out restaurant at 69 Prince St.
He already operates an El Triunfo on E. Berkeley Street in the South End, serving up Mexican and Central American dishes.
New Back Bay Latin American place shows promise
By adamg - 2/15/11 - 7:07 amOn Les Gourmands du South End, Jeff dishes on his first visit to Michael Schlow's new Tico on Berkeley Street, which serves up a mixture of Latin American dishes. His verdict: He'd consider a return trip, but the music needs to be toned down.
Can I get an OMG? You can get pupusas in West Roxbury
By adamg - 2/4/11 - 10:15 pmOn the way home from a hunt for salt this evening, I spotted an open space in front of North of the Border Mexican Grill on Washington Street in West Roxbury. I'd never been there, and figured I'd pick up some tacos and quesadillas.
But it turned out this is not your average Mexican place. The place is owned by a Guatemalan guy, and one of the first things I saw on the menu was pupusas. Pupusas. Now, I don't bat an eye at the Venezuelan arepas and empanadas you can get down the street, maybe because that place has been there awhile now, but pupusas? In West Roxbury? Get out! The menu is full of other stuff you wouldn't see at Wapo Taco or even Romano's - even a couple of Colombian dishes and breakfast.
But I went with simple: Pork and cheese pupusas. I'm no pupusa expert, but these were great. The owner - one of the friendliest and chattiest I've ever met - said I'd be back. He was right: I need to try the rellenitos, the camarones al ajillo and all the other things on the menu I've never heard of.
North of the Border: 5272 Washington St. (look for the blue awning, on the same side of Washington as Cristelle's). 617-469-2100.
West Roxbury to get Mexican food
By adamg - 10/27/10 - 4:33 pmBoston Restaurant Talk reports somebody's gotten a business license to open North of the Border Mexican Grill at 5272 Washington St. - where Cristelle used to be until it moved a couple doors down a couple years ago. It's not a very big space - which is why Cristelle moved.
Chipotle to tackle Qdoba downtown
By adamg - 8/17/10 - 3:41 pmChipotle goes before the Boston Licensing Board on Aug. 25 for a license to open an outlet at 101 Summer St., within spitting distance of a Qdoba at 62 Summer St.
