Long shuttered Fenway restaurant could finally be getting close to re-opening under new name

Boston Magazine, whose writers can see the place from their office windows, reports that restaurant operator Douglas Bacon is getting closer to re-opening the long closed Symphony 8 on Westland Avenue under a new name: The Westland.

Bacon bought Symphony 8 in 2013, then closed it for repairs that, it turns out, proved to be more complicated and expensive than he thought. In a hearing before the Boston Licensing Board - which officially frowns on restaurant owners sitting on liquor licenses they aren't using - this past January, Bacon said he was only a few months away from re-opening. Still, he's missed the July 15 date he originally suggested might be when the new restaurant would be open.