Jacob Long forwards this photo of a snow Darth in the making in the Leather District, where a guy built a snow Bat Man last spring for his kid.
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By adamg - 4/26/17 - 10:52 am
Amateras, a 40-seat ramen bar at 112 South St. could open in a couple of months. Read more.
By adamg - 3/15/17 - 3:28 pm
Keith Dragon forwards a photo of the snowbatman a resident of 111 Beach St. in the Leather District built out of yesterday's snow.
By adamg - 1/24/17 - 5:30 pm
The Zoning Board of Appeals today agreed with a request from the company that wants to put a large electronic billboard on the Veolia plant on Kneeland Street to defer any hearing until June, after a representative from the company acknowledged the company's having just a wee bit of trouble getting anybody in Chinatown to support the thing. Read more.
By adamg - 10/4/16 - 2:16 pm
WCVB reports the 24-hour diner was held up around 6:15 a.m. A weapon was involved, but police didn't say what kind.
By adamg - 6/30/16 - 7:26 pm
The BRA has posted the design guidelines for developers who want to turn 5 1/2 acres of mostly state-owned land next to South Station into a "gateway" project - and a key part is a requirement that any development include a replacement for Reggie Wong Park, which consists mainly of basketball courts on Kneeland Street. Read more.
By adamg - 5/18/16 - 8:01 am
The Boston Licensing Board recently gave Sagarino's, 106 South St., the right to sell liquor in pint and half-pint bottles, after the store argued customers living in tiny units want the freedom to buy smaller liquor bottles to match their smaller storage space. Read more.
By adamg - 4/20/16 - 12:39 pm
For years now, city officials have resisted letting liquor stores add nips, half pints and pints to their stock because the sort of people who buy them are the sort to just toss them on the ground nearby when they're done. A Leather District market currently banned from selling the smaller bottles, though, says its customers are different and is asking the Boston Licensing Board to let it sell liquor in volumes as small as a half pint. Read more.
By adamg - 4/13/16 - 11:44 am
Sagarino's, 111 South St., could have a tough sale next week when it asks the Boston Licensing Board to remove a condition from its liquor license that bars it from selling "pints, half pints, nips or single cans." Read more.
By adamg - 4/5/16 - 4:04 pm
The Boston Licensing Board today held its third hearing in less than a month on two incidents at Savvor Restaurant and Lounge at which patrons took out their anger at other people by stabbing them.
In both cases, the Lincoln Street restaurant says it's not to blame: Read more.
By adamg - 3/31/16 - 10:16 pm
Stanley Staco reports two people were stabbed around 9:10 p.m. at Beach and Lincoln streets.
By adamg - 3/10/16 - 4:29 pm
The Boston Licensing Board voted today to continue a hearing on a January incident at Savvor on Lincoln Street until April 5, to give the place's management a chance to explain just what happened - and why they're not at fault. Read more.
By adamg - 3/8/16 - 11:48 am
UPDATE: Hearing continued to April 5.
Two men trying to sneak their drinks out of Savvor on Lincoln Street at closing time on Jan. 16 didn't count on an off-dury security person hanging out at the employee door they tried to use. When he told them to leave the drinks inside, one held him while the other stabbed him repeatedly, a BPD sergeant and the bouncer told the Boston Licensing Board at a hearing this morning. Read more.
By adamg - 6/14/15 - 10:18 pm
Lincoln Street scene. Photo by Jonathan Ng.
A brawl around 10 p.m. on Lincoln Street at Beach brought police rushing in, and at least one person bleeding from getting hit in the head with a bottle. Police are searching the street for the casing from the one shot somebody may have fired into the air.
By adamg - 4/25/15 - 6:38 am
The Boston Licensing Board considers a proposal for a coffee shop at 108 Lincoln St. at a hearing next week.
Gracenote Coffee, which already roasts beans, plans to open an eponymous coffee bar in the front half of an office there. It'll be staffed by the guy who now pedals the Coffee Trike around Dewey Square.
The board's hearings begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in its eighth-floor hearing room in City Hall.
By adamg - 2/23/15 - 9:48 am
Molly Lanzarotta came across this hug-giving snowfreak in the Leather District today: Olaf meets the heart-three-sizes-too-small Grinch.
By adamg - 8/19/14 - 8:43 pm
A peeved citizen complains about a situation on South Street this afternoon:
This car doesn't have a resident sticker and is in a resident spot. I approached her bc I have a resident sticker and was waiting for a spot to open up. She basically told me "so what, not my problem, I have an appointment". Please send meter maid and ticket! Didn't make the situation any better having my 2 year old witness this lady yelling at me and I never raised my voice at her.
The city replies that justice is done:
By adamg - 8/6/14 - 2:36 pm
Beijing Kyoto, 112 South St., will be replaced by a sit-down restaurant serving ramen-noodle soup, assuming the Boston Licensing Board approves.
Koichi Watanabe will re-open the restaurant as Amateras, with 45 seats.
Meanwhile, the new owner of the shuttered Apollo Grill and Sushi, 84 Harrison Ave., says she's extensively remodeling the place so that she can re-open it as a Panera-like bakery cafe, only one focused on Chinese food.
Separetely, the owners of Chatime on Harrison Avenue want to open a second outlet at 18 Hudson St. that would be open until 11 p.m. most days, but 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
By adamg - 11/6/13 - 9:48 am
South Street steam. Photo by Joe Yuska.
Firefighters began evacuating 76 South Street around 9:40 a.m. when a steam pipe under the street failed as only a steam pipe can, turning the building into an instant shvitz with steam pouring into it.
A hazmat team was also called in, because old pipes could be lined with asbestos.
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