By adamg on Sun., 11/26/2023 - 3:42 pm 
The Boston Bulletin reports a developer is looking at tearing down the venerable Hatoff's gas station and the neighboring Acme Auto Body at 3430 Washington St. in Jamaica Plain to put up a residential building with ground-floor retail space.
Hatoff's and its hat-doffing homunculus have been a familiar sight for motorists for decades. Morris Hatoff opened a gas station near the old Forest Hills elevated stop in 1929. In 1980, his son Stan, who declared that "gas is gas," moved the station up Washington Street when the state took over the Forest Hills land by eminent domain.
1941 Hatoff's ad featuring the little man with the big head doffing his hat (source):
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Green between Washington and Amory...
By SharpWave
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:52pm
...also has a bunch of potential. Feels like an area that ought to have a restaurant row, especially being adjacent to the Orange line.
Evergreen exists, and is
By blues_lead
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 4:48pm
Evergreen exists, and is pretty darn good
LL
By SharpWave
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 11:01pm
Agreed, but it would be even better with a liquor license.
Erm… isn’t this the same type
By MassMouse
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 11:22am
Erm… isn’t this the same type of building that is just down the street at Forest Hills? And is this really going to be affordable housing or should we just put that in quotes?
Peace/out
Is Gas Gas?
By Scratchie
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 11:52am
That's what I've always wondered. Any chemists or mechanics care to chime in?
No, Gas is not Gas
By tjridesbikes
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 1:27pm
One of the reasons Stan's can be so cheap is because they likely buy cheaper gas to resell. More expensive gas has more detergents and other additives in it that prolong the life of engines. So, while the gas from Stan's will combust the same as any other gas, it's likely that using it will wear out an engine faster.
How can you tell, though?
By Tim Mc.
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 8:07pm
There's not exactly a Nutrition Facts on the pump.
Yes, its a car industry group...
By tjridesbikes
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 12:22pm
but Top Tier gas does hold fuel suppliers accountable for additives and detergents in gasoline. I would trust the makers of the engines to know what's best for their engines.
We desperately need to move away from fossil fuels, but in the meantime, lets try and reduce waste and emissions where we can.
https://www.toptiergas.com/about-top-tier/#why
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