Albanian food

Licensing Board slaps restaurant for serving hard liquor; says vodka wasn't infused enough to be a cordial

adamg — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:01:32 +0000

Sgt. Robert Mulvey contemplates some of the bottles seized at Vlora, at Tuesday hearing.

The Boston Licensing Board says the nature of the booze seized from Vlora was as clear as some of the bottles it came in: It was hard liquor, which the Albanian place on Boylston Street is not allowed to sell.

Once again, board forced to decide whether vodka is really vodka

adamg — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:46:41 +0000

Murati Ferrer with seized vodka.

The owner of an Albanian restaurant on Boylston Street says the whiskey, bourbon, rum and vodka bottles seized by police during a July 1 inspection are really cordials it's allowed to sell.

A skeptical Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday what to do about the alcohol seized from Vlora - some of which may contain herbs or other ingredients that might make it liqueurs rather than hard stuff. It will also have to decide whether it buys the restaurant's argument that a DJ is not a DJ if he doesn't have turntables - Vlora is not licensed for DJs - and whether the fact the place had roughly 50 more patrons than allowed by its occupancy permit is merely a technical violation rather than a potential safety hazard.

Albanian food returns to Roslindale

adamg — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:08:09 +0000

Arbri Cafe recently opened at 146 Belgrade Ave., which is where Roslindale's last Albanian restaurant - Cafe Apollonia - was before being replaced by a pizza/burger joint (whose sign is still up, just covered up now - which matches the new Taiwanese restaurant across the street, which did the same thing).

In addition to Albanian dishes, the restaurant also has Italian and Greek food on the menu.

Good Albanian restaurants are hard to find

adamg — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:33:44 +0000

OK, Albanian restaurants of any kind are hard to find. Anali explains why she loves Vlora on Boylston Street. It's not just the food.

Phew: Boston has an Albanian restaurant again

adamg — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:16:38 +0000

MenuPages rounds up the comments on Vlora, the Albanian restaurant that recently opened on Boylston Street, marking the first time Bostonians could eat Albanian since Cafe Apollonia in Roslindale became a pizza/burger joint/sports bar this past January.