Faneuil Hall Marketplace

Faneuil Hall Marketplace notes somebody made sure Red Auerbach was ready for today's opening Bruins/Rangers playoff game.

Todd English is refinancing his culinary empire, which now stretches from Charlestown to Las Vegas. Locally, the infusion of money means English will be able to pay the state of Massachusetts and the company that operates Faneuil Hall back payments for Kingfish Hall, which closed under a cloud of acrimony last year.

Ron Chorney, CFO of Todd English Enterprises, Inc., gave the financial update to the Boston Licensing Board this morning, at a hearing to request more time to sell the restaurant's main remaining asset - its liquor license.

On Saturday, Photographynatalia took in a performance of the Nutcracker in the Quincy Market rotunda.

Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Leslie Jones photographed some pre-Thanksgiving turkey shopping at Threser & Kelly, Quincy Market, in 1933.

Also see some of the 12,000 turkeys at Pine Hill Turkey Farm, 2938 Mass. Ave., Lexington.

Photo from the BPL's Leslie Jones collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.

Michael watched workers trimming the giant tree a couple days ago.

Copyright Michael. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Noodle People.

Via Boston Reddit.

Todd English goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week to explain why it shouldn't strip him of the liquor license for Kingfish Hall, the Faneuil Hall Marketplace restaurant he recently closed in a nasty rent dispute with marketplace management.

By law, holders of liquor licenses - which in Boston now typically go for $300,000 or so on the open market - are not allowed to sit on them after their restaurants close.

In the past, however, the board has been reluctant to strip owners of licenses at their first hearings, and has often given owners exemptions, sometimes over several years, to either re-open their restaurants or find a buyer.

A concerned citizen has had enough of all those gold-plated people just silently staring at him in front of Faneuil Hall:

The living statues, dancers, etc are taking over and people are not seeing the reason to be here Our HISTORY.

J.L. Bell begins an investigation.

Boston Police report arresting a man on a shoplifting charge at Faneuil Hall Marketplace yesterday afternoon.

According to police, William Anderson started at a pushcart in the main market building and placed five pink sweatshirts under his jacket. He then stole six pairs of sweatpants from another cart and placed those under his jacket. Police say he then sauntered into the Bill Rodgers store, where he placed 12 t-shirts under his jacket. Then officers arrived and placed him in custody.

Innocent, etc.

Disgusted citizen is disgusted; complains to the city about the new marketplace Christmas tree:

This Christmas tree in FH is a disgrace and needs to be replaced.

The city throws up its municipal hands:

Case Invalid. Under jurisdiction of marketplace association. they should be contacted directed w/ comments.

That's a custom-sewn T Red's wearing at Faneuil Hall Marketplace today.

Photo by Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

Boston Police announce the now standard parking bans for Game 7 around the Garden, Faneuil Hall and, of course, Kenmore Square (even though most college students are now home for the summer).

Guy rides local elevators, offers commentary on their performance:

General Growth Properties, which operates Faneuil Hall Marketplace and owns the Natick Mall Collection, filed for bankruptcy today.