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By adamg - 2/6/24 - 2:17 pm

Bibliotequetress asks:

Looking for restaurant recommendations for *vegan/vegan friendly longevity noodles* in Boston, pref less expensive than Myers & Chang (a student wants to pick up the tab for her fam of 5).

By adamg - 2/6/24 - 9:48 am

Boston announced today it's accepting applications from restaurants that want to use public sidewalks and curbs for seasonal outdoor patios - except along the narrow, crowded streets of the North End, where restaurants will again be barred from setting up tables along the curb. Read more.

By adamg - 1/31/24 - 1:16 pm

Update: Approved.

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to allow a New York restaurant that serves cheeseburgers with a kimchi-infused topping and other "Korean fusion" dishes open an outlet in the Seaport, with a bar that will serve what its lawyer said would be an extensive list of soju and other Korean liquors. Read more.

By adamg - 1/31/24 - 12:11 pm
Jay Covitz in Ron's

Ron's manager Jay Covitz at hearing from the ice-cream shop and candlepin alley.

Update: Approved, but pending the board finding an available license in a drawer or something.

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to approve a proposal by Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream and Bowling on Hyde Park Avenue in Cleary Square to add beer and wine to the soft drinks it now offers keglers. Read more.

By adamg - 1/31/24 - 11:25 am

Update: Approved.

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant liquor and food-serving licenses to Jongro BBQ of New York for the space where the White Horse Tavern used to be at 116-120 Brighton Ave. in Allston. Read more.

By adamg - 1/30/24 - 1:58 pm

Damon Krukowski bids farewell to the Courthouse Fish Market in East Cambridge, which closed this month after more than 110 years in business, meaning the end of not just a place to get fresh fish but a part of the community: Read more.

By adamg - 1/29/24 - 9:03 pm

Jimmies Cafe on Corinth Street in Roslindale, which also sold sandwiches, but whose doors had been closed for a couple of weeks, made it official today: Read more.

By adamg - 1/29/24 - 4:50 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports a California chain called Baby Cafe Kitchen is opening outlets on Brighton Avenue in Allston - in that spot where the laundry place used to be - and on Beacon Street in Brookline.

By adamg - 1/28/24 - 3:00 pm

Ron's Gourmet Ice Cream and Bowling, 1231 Hyde Park Ave. in Hyde Park, is seeking a beer and wine license. Read more.

By adamg - 1/27/24 - 12:28 pm

Adam Castiglioni reports that Dave's Hot Chicken, which specializes in spicy Nashville-style fried chicken, will open a branch in the Transportation Building on Stuart Street on Feb. 2.

By adamg - 1/19/24 - 1:41 pm

Fields West on Glenville Avenue in Allston announced today it's closing down, possibly only temporarily. Read more.

By adamg - 1/18/24 - 11:22 pm

Coffee Break Cafe, 680 Truman Parkway in Hyde Park, announced tonight it will serve its last cup at 3 p.m. on Jan. 27. Read more.

By adamg - 1/15/24 - 10:13 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that the Courthouse Fish Market in East Cambridge has closed for good after more than 111 years in business. Its sister restaurant, Courthouse Seafood, however, remains open.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 1:38 pm
Rendering of proposed Greenhills Bakery and condos

Rendering by Choo & Company.

The owners of the Greenhills Bakery, 780 Adams St. in Dorchester, today won approval to raze their current store to replace it with a larger bakery topped with three additional floors with nine condos. Read more.

By adamg - 1/9/24 - 8:59 am

67 Degrees of Franklin reports its closing its taproom there and moving it up to the Roslindale Substation in February to become the latest brewery at the neighborhood taproom/event/co-working space. Read more.

By adamg - 1/7/24 - 10:47 pm

Via Jamaica Plain and Roslindale Facebook groups comes the news that Cafe Beirut on Centre Street closed for good yesterday. Read more.

By adamg - 1/7/24 - 11:30 am
French toast and fruit

Update, 12 p.m. Now snowing in Roslindale.

Here in the highlands along the Hyde Park frontier, we have just enough of a dusting to almost be pretty. But as Doctahdooley shows us, that's not reason to let all those French toast fixin's go to waste.

Rob Adams reported at 8:15 a.m.: Read more.

By adamg - 1/5/24 - 12:43 pm

The Boston Business Journal reports that Barbara Lynch has abruptly closed her Menton, Sportello and Drink outlets in Fort Point, blaming her landlord. Her other restaurants, all outside Fort Point, remain open.

Via Boston Restaurant Talk.

By adamg - 1/5/24 - 12:33 pm

The owners of 21 North End restaurants and the North End Chamber of Commerce yesterday sued the city over its 2022 fees for restaurants in the neighborhood that wanted to use public sidewalks and streets for patio seating - and its ban on such patios last year - alleging the Wu administration and a local residents' groups hate Italians for some reason. Read more.

By adamg - 1/4/24 - 9:30 pm
Empty bread shelves at one supermarket

Mary Ellen headed over to the West Roxbury Star Market this evening and, as you can see, was confronted with some pretty empty bread shelves in advance of Saturday's storm, which in the annals of New England storms, doesn't seem like it'll be a blockbuster or anything, but, you know, it's been like two years now since we've last gotten major snow, so God only knows how bad it'll get.

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