South End

No license for proposed South End steakhouse

adamg — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:39 +0000

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday deferred action on the proposed Boston Chops on Washington Street because it has no liquor licenses left to hand out.

At a hearing on Wednesday, the attorney for the latest venture by the group responsible for Deuxave in the Back Bay and dbar in Dorchester, said they would likely have to just keep hoping a license frees up, because expensive renovations and soundproofing needed for the space where Banq and Ginger Park failed means they could not also afford the $300,000 or so it would take to buy a liquor license on the open market.

State law limits the number of liquor licenses available in Boston.

South End could get high-end steak place

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:26 +0000

The team behind Deuxave in the Back Bay is looking to transform the home of two failed South End restaurants into what their lawyer called "an urban, modern steakhouse concept."

Pops in the South End to get new name, manager

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:13 +0000

David Noble, owner of Pops, 560 Tremont St., went before the Boston Licensing Board today for permission to hire a new manager with plans to slightly alter the place's menu under the name Smithfield Kitchen.

The board votes tomorrow on Noble's request to bring on Scott Herritt and to change the name.

Herritt told the board he will basically be keeping Pops the same, but will make it "a little bit more food focused."

One thing the newly rebranded restaurant won't do is seek longer hours - Noble said he learned his lesson from a fight with the neighborhood over noise under previous restaurant manager Felino Samson.

Citizen complaint of the day: Don't you go closing my unresolved font issue before you do something about it, buster

adamg — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:16:23 +0000

The font kvetcher of the South End filed another report over the Appleton Street sign, after the city marked his or her last complaint as "closed:"

This sign is still crookedly printed and incorrectly using a disproportionate capital-to-lower case scale.

South End woman charged with stabbing companion

adamg — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:03:11 +0000

2/4/12 - 7:30 pm

Boston Police report finding a 29-year-old man with a stab wound inside a Union Park Street residence around 7:30 a.m. today. As they rushed the man to Boston Medical Center in critical condition, they charged Soren Capawanna, 26, with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Police say the man is expected to survive the "domestic violence related stabbing."

Innocent, etc.

Developers of old Herald site come back with bigger plans

adamg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:47:24 +0000

Just as neighbors requested; plans show four buildings housing residential units and stores, arranged in four buildings designed to look like "an authentic city block" and called the Ink Block.

Early morning two-alarm fire in the South End forces evacuation of 100

adamg — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:22:57 +0000

A fire reported shortly before 5 a.m. at 450 Tremont St. sent residents fleeing into the chill air.

The Boston Fire Department tweets a portable electric heater too close to a bed caused only a small fire but a lot of smoke. Damage was estimated at $10,000; no one was injured.

1/31/12 - 4:58 am

Drive-in claims service

adamg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:21 +0000

Kenny Jervis happened upon the after effects of a two-car collision at Columbus Avenue and W. Newton Street in the South End this morning.

News Man reports there were no injuries.

Andromeda Strain lab set to begin low-level operations next month

adamg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:58:27 +0000

The Daily Free Press goes on a tour of BU's new South End biolab, which is set to begin work on less-dangerous pathogens next month as it gears up for eventual work on killers such as Ebola. The Free Press describes the measures the lab is taking to keep killer bugs out of our air; conspicuous in their absence: darts set to fire automatically at escaping monkeys and nuclear bombs.

Man charged with possession of an illegal spark plug

adamg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:11:32 +0000

True, spark plugs are not normally considered contraband - unless you allegedly use one to try to break into a car, as a West Roxbury man learned in the South End last night.

Jonathan Holcomb, 34, was charged with breaking and entering a motor vehicle and possession of a burglarious tool - the spark plug - after a witness spotted him using the metal object to try to break the window of a car on Appleton Street near Clarendon around 11:30 p.m., police report.

This is not Holcomb's first arrest for an attempted car break-in.

Innocent, etc.

South Boston man latest to be charged with a South End break-in

adamg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:46:16 +0000

1/23/12 - 5:31 pm

Boston Police report arresting a South Boston man late yesterday after a foot chase away from the Warren Avenue apartment he'd allegedly been caught in the act of breaking into.

Mark Brown, 33, was charged with breaking and entering and willful and malicious destruction of property once officers overtook him on the way to Clarendon Street, police say.

Citizen complaint of the day: Crisis of font in the South End

adamg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:06:31 +0000

An aggrieved citizen reports from Appleton Street:

The new street signs using the Clearview font are an improvement, but this sign is incorrect. The capital A is out of proportion to the lower case letters, and it is visually jarring. The signs with all capital letters, such as at the corner of Tremont and Hanson Streets, are correctly printed and look much better. The city should continue to correct this. It is a small detail that impacts the visual quality of the South End. Thank you.

Earlier:
The DPW's sign painters will rue the day they messed with the South End.

An alternate plan to reshape city-council districts

adamg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:32:20 +0000

The Dorchester Reporter reports several voting-rights groups have drawn up a proposed redistricting plan that would see Mike Ross having to run against Tito Jackson - if he doesn't move to Newton to run for Congress - and create an incumbent-less district covering the Chinatown, the South End, and the Fenway:

This reconfigured District 8 would become an incumbent-free, racially-mixed district with common interests and anchored by a growing Asian-American population, creating significant opportunities for historically under-represented communities.

Yet another suspect in multiple South End housebreaks arrested

adamg — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:53:48 +0000

Boston Police report charging a Dorchester man with a December break-in yesterday after a resident called 911 to report a suspicious character walking around West Newton Street. Police say the guy might be responsible for other burglaries in the neighborhood.

Citizen complaint of the day: The stupid mini-van and its stupid car alarm and its stupid owner who must wear stupid earplugs at night

adamg — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:09 +0000

A groggy citizen complains about a mini-van parked in a lot off Northampton Street:

This car's alarm goes off every night several times a night and wakes up everyone on the block. Has been happening for at least three weeks... Can't leave a note because it is behind a gate in apt complex lot. Can someone trace and contact the owner?