Henry Santoro reports that Jasper White, 69, has died.
White, born in New Jersey, became known for his seafood at Jasper's, which he opened in 1983, and Summer Shack. He closed Jasper's in 1995 to spend more time with his family - then opened the first Summer Shack across from the Alewife T stop. White, who also authored cookbooks, sold Summer Shack in 2017.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Thirsty Scholar on Beacon Street in Somerville has closed for good.
The Zoning Board of Appeals today approved plans to replace the old Crate & Barrel on Boylston Street with a four-story restaurant with mini-golf. Read more.
Banner across Salem Street. Source.
Some restaurant owners in the North End have thrown up banners in the neighborhood to get visitors to make reservations for outdoor dining via 311, which might confuse out of towners who don't know 311 doesn't handle restaurant reservations. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by Locale, 352 Hanover St. in the North End, to double its size by moving into the space now used by a barber shop next door. Read more.
Early risin' Matt Frank caught the moon while on the hunt for a cold brew in Chelsea's Prattville about an hour before sunrise this mornin'.
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday granted Las Delicias Colombianas 2, 1231 River St. in Hyde Park, permission to extend its closing time from 11 p.m. until 1 a.m. Read more.
A company renovating the skyscraper at 1 Lincoln St. in Downtown Crossing yesterday won the right to buy a liquor license for a currently unoccupied space to serve what it says is a growing demand for full service restaurants as more people return to office work by opening at least one restaurant, but possibly more. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board this morning rejected a request from Red Line Pizza on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston's Andrew Square to offer take out until 2 a.m., citing complaints from residents and police about its repeated violations of its current 11 p.m. legal closing time. Read more.
Update: Approved, with a 9 p.m. closing time.
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether to approve a food-serving license for Middle Eastern-based Sofra Bakery, 210 North Harvard St. in Allston - directly across from a Dunkin' and around the corner from a Starbucks and a Swissbaker. Read more.
Andrew Square residents, the local police district and elected officials all oppose efforts by the owner of Red Line Pizza, on Dorchester Avenue across from the Andrew Square T stop, to legally stay open for pick-up pizza until 2 a.m., saying it's become a "magnet" that attracts the homeless, drug users and people looking for a fight in a neighborhood that already has quite enough of that - as well as a generator of rat-summoning trash. Read more.
Red Line Pizza, 582 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston, goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week for permission to extend its legal closing time from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that the Wahlburgers in the new wing of the South Bay mall has closed down. Over in the original wing of the mall, meanwhile, an Applebee's and an Olive Garden remain open.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the owners of Giacomo's and Riccardo's are looking to open a lobster place at 204 Hanover St. in the North End. They go before the Boston Licensing Board on Wednesday for permission to buy a liquor license from another restaurant.
Bibliotequetress asks:
Anyone know where to buy fresh winged bean pods in Boston?
The Dorchester Reporter delivers the news that Fields Corner Main Streets is leading a battle to keep a Papa Johns franchise out of a vacant storefront in an area that already has several pizza places. The group says that anybody truly desperate for a Papa Johns pie can get one delivered via Uber Eats and that what the neighborhood really needs is a place that doesn't duplicate what's already available.
Two of the three owners of a venture aimed at re-opening the oft-shuttered restaurant at 154 Maverick St. are now suing restaurant and building owner John Tyler, alleging that at a minimum he owes them $250,000 for all the work they put into the place, which they never actually opened as a restaurant, plus their initial deposit. Read more.
Jamaica Plain News reports bb.q Chicken is moving into the Centre Street space where Cafe Beirut used to be.
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday deferred action on a request from South Boston Bites, 94 Shirley St.in Roxbury, to extend its currently licensed hours of 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. after hearing some of the food entrepreneurs it was renting kitchens to were already cooking up stuff around the clock in a space where women have expressed fear of being in and neighbors were complaining of noise in the early morning. Read more.
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