By adamg on Wed., 5/27/2015 - 5:22 pm
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant permission for a new pizza place on Hanover Street that would replace the flower store that replaced an old pizza place.
Warren Mustacchio also learns tomorrow whether the board has any spare beer-and-wine-licenses it could grant him for his proposed Ben Cotto at 361 Hanover St., which would have a closing time of 10 p.m.
The pizza place would replace a flower shop that replaced Circle Pizza, which had served up slices for 50 years.
The mayor's office and the offices of city councilors Sal LaMattina (North End, Charlestown, East Boston), Michelle Wu, Steve Murphy and Michael Flaherty all approved the request.
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eh
By Scumquistador
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 5:58pm
im not sure the north end is really the right neighborhood for a pizza place
I know, right?
By cybah
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 8:17pm
I mean, a pizza place in the north end? what's next? A seafood place by the waterfront? What is this world coming to?!? *clutches pearls*
(a big /s here!)
Another, "Oh, I miss the old days" post
By Nancy
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 6:10am
Does anyone else remember The European? When I was little it was a big deal to go there and get big antipasto platters followed by huge pizzas. For a few years after it closed I was convinced that another place like it would open but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.
Their salami pizza was the
By Scratchie
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 9:03am
Their salami pizza was the best thing ever. I heard that some family members had opened a new "European" up in Lowell or Chelmsford a few years ago but I never got to check it out.
http://www.yelp.com/biz
By Scratchie
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 11:15am
http://www.yelp.com/biz/apriles-european-restauran...
I sure do remember the European
By roadman
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 11:01am
as it was one of my parents' favorite restaurants. Some of my earliest memories as a kid were going into Boston on late Saturday afternoons so we could eat there - and walking under the elevated Central Artery to get to Hanover Street. In later years, when my buddies and I would venture into Boston on our own, we would always stop there to share a pie together.
As I recall, for many years, the European was consistently described as "The worst Italian restaurant in Boston, but the best pizza in Boston."
While it was inevitable that the European had to close, it's truly unfortunate that it was replaced with a chain pharmacy instead of another local restaurant.
Meat Market
By Ricky Lenane
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 6:04pm
What the North End really needs is a huge meat market similar to that of Constantino's Venda Ravioli on Atwells Ave in Providence.
The younger crowd wouldn't
By anon
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 1:52am
The younger crowd wouldn't utilize it, they would just like the idea of it. The neighborhood gentrified and no matter how many young people fancy themselves cooks, it's unlikely a large specialty market like that would get enough business from locals buying there.
Every new restaurant in
By Kinopio
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 9:45am
Every new restaurant in Boston is being run by young chefs who specialize in a nose to tale philosophy. And the tables are are full of young people who are into food. The Boston restaurant/craft beer/cocktail scenes was lame until millennials became old enough to operate and visit such establishments.
Actually off by a generational cadre
By Jeff F
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 11:10am
Most of the city's current best/hottest restaurants were started, have been run, and were 'discovered' by the Gen-Xers.
It's certainly a good thing that millenials have a more robust appreciation for this sort of thing than their parents (ie boomers), but the sea-change in Boston towards a more cosmopolitan dining culture can't really be laid at their feet.
Most recent Minutes of most recent Public Meeting...
By theszak
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 6:57pm
The most recent Minutes of the most recent Public Meeting of Boston Licensing Board's Liam Curran, Christine Pulgini, Keeana Saxon are available by email, request at
jean.lorizio at cityofboston.gov
http://www.cityofboston.gov/boardsandcommissions/
see also
page 3
"There is no requirement that the minutes be transcribed or approved before they are made public."
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdf
tel 617-727-2832
email
pre at sec.state.ma.us
Thanks, but ...
By adamg
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 7:04pm
Please don't feel like you have to reply to every single last post I do about restaurants at the Boston Licensing Board with this. I get it. Other people get it. If somebody really wants the minutes of Boston Licensing Board hearings (do you?), I think at this point they know how to request them.
? What blog covers Boston similar to Cambridge's rwinters.com
By theszak
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 7:30pm
? Besides UniversalHub.com what blog or other webpages cover Boston with depth similar to the rwinters.com blog for Cambridge
You're precious.
By SHABAZZ X
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 8:11pm
You're precious.
Bless your heart.
By Felicity
Fri, 05/29/2015 - 9:33am
Mock what you don't understand.
Try NorthEndWaterfront.com
By adamg
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 8:32pm
At least for the North End and the Waterfront. I think you can figure out the URL. As for the entire city? Nah, nothing comes to mind ...
northendwaterfront is a great
By neguy
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 9:12am
northendwaterfront is a great blog, but matt has sucked the life out of the comment section. it used to be an interesting dialogue about real issues in the neighborhood, but his policies have made it stale and boring and brought down the overall enjoyment of the blog.
Comments are back
By Matt C
Fri, 05/29/2015 - 7:07am
If you're referring to anonymous comments on NorthEndWaterfront.com, they're back! There were a few really bad situations before, so I locked down the comments for a while to those using real names. Adam actually moderated a panel on the issues surrounding anonymous comments recently. Anyway, I opened it up again about a month ago. It only took a few days for the yuppie vs old-timers debates to return.
Warren Mustacchio finds out?
By bohemka
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 10:20pm
What about his business partners Rupert Goateeafino, Elvis Soulpachio and Neil Beardolotti? Shoddy reporting.
What about me?
By Adolphusino Mut...
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 4:43am
n/t
Welcome, Adolphusino Muttonchops
By adamg
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 6:07am
(One of these days, I need to figure out how to get the software to show somebody's entire name, rather than cutting it off after X characters).
Tiny Jewish burying ground in Boston North End... Salem St. ?
By theszak
Fri, 05/29/2015 - 8:01am
At one time there was a tiny Jewish burying ground in Boston North End maybe off Salem Street on one of the side streets like Jerusalem Place or another of those sidestreets. What other information is there about this tiny Jewish burying ground maybe attached at one time to a synagogue?
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