Roslindale Square

The long and winding dinner

adamg — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:49:45 -0400

Is there nothing you can't get at Romanos in Roslindale? Its menu is so long, it stretches across two buildings (you can't help but wonder if such a big menu might not be helped with some fancier wingdings, though).

Greetings from Roslindale, Mass.

adamg — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:03:24 -0400

I admit I was kind of surprised the other day to see the city had put one of its staycation pins in Adams Park in Roslindale Square. Don't get me wrong, I love our little square, but I just don't see it as a tourist destination. In any case, tonight there was a little festival in Adams Park as part of National Night Out. Girls from the Hyde Park School of Dance danced, while students at the Center for Asian Martial Arts in Rozzie showed off their moves, including this kid:

Two new Rozzie restaurants open

adamg — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:32:30 -0400

The Square Corner Cafe, a sub shop on Washington Street next to Robyn's in Roslindale Square, and Blowfish, a take-out seafood place closer to Forest Hills, across from the Yucatan, are both now open.

Rozzie gets edgier than West Roxbury again

adamg — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:04:23 -0400

To get first tattoo parlor:

"I know it's going to be controversial. I don't want people thinking that I'm some type of biker or gangbanger. I have clients who are doctors and lawyers," said Clancy.

Roslindale in recession

adamg — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:14:40 -0400

Interesting story and video on the impact of the national economy on the businesses of Roslindale Square (the Globe does know where Boston neighborhoods are!). I didn't know how many people had been laid off or that Bob's Pita Bakery no longer makes its own pita.

Roslindale jams for whimsy

adamg — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:42:25 -0400

Art Jam sale and jazz concert on Friday, May 2 to raise money to get a "kinetic sculpture" installed on that weird traffic island at Corinth and Belgrade in Rozzie Square. Starts at 6:15 p.m. at the Roslindale Congregational Church, 25 Cummins Highway.

More on the proposed sculpture by George Greenamyer.

Closing forever or forever closing?

adamg — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:21:52 -0400

For a store that's been "liquidating to the bare walls" since September, Jax on Corinth Street in Roslindale Square sure is awfully full of merchandise. In fact, they keep changing their "CLOSING FOREVER" signs to showcase the new stuff they have on sale.

Speaking of being a bit past its expiration date, there's this house on Washington Street by Albano Street where it's always Christmas (at least they no longer turn on the plastic Halloween pumpkins that still hang from the porch):

Shocker: West Roxbury to get real bookstore

adamg — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:06:47 -0400

Sadly, it means Roslindale is losing one. Pazzo Books is moving this May from Rozzie Square to 1898 Centre St. (where the old dancewear place used to be, near Park Street). Alas, the bookstore's skeeball machine won't be making the trip.

... For all of you Rozzites who do errands in West Roxbury, we’re working on an online errand optimizer - just plug in your errands and it will show you when the optimum time to stop at Pazzo is. ...

Roslindale Emack & Bolios not a drive-thru

adamg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:16:39 -0400

Not even in the summer, let alone in March.

Speaking of ice cream: In an otherwise depressing story about how Centre Street in West Roxbury now has more vacant storefronts than funeral homes, the Bulletin reports the old L'Essence art gallery (burned out in last year's Tai Ho fire), will be replaced by an ice-cream joint. Centre hasn't had an ice-cream place since Yoo Hoo's and Friendly's closed back in 2005.

Where Ashmont used to be

adamg — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:32:25 -0400

Here comes the mini-Staples: They finally tore down the entire old Ashmont store on Washington Street this week, leaving only several piles of rubble. And the sign. Why are the signs always the last to go?