Work is well underway to turn a long vacant space in the Stop & Shop mall on American Legion Highway into what would be Roslindale's second sit-down Chinese restaurant.
Zhen Hua Yan is spending an estimated $1.5 million to turn space at 950 American Legion Highway, near the Hyde Park line, into the Flaming Grill and Buffet, according to records on file with ISD. The restaurant has yet to go before the Boston Licensing Board for a food-serving license.
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Yes!!!!
By Anony-Mouse
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 6:00pm
Need more Chinese buffets in Boston for those days you're really, really hungry, and in a rush.
Appears to be the standard China Buffet-type
By perruptor
Sat, 11/26/2016 - 8:06am
There are lots of them scattered around. I've seen them in Lowell, Peabody, Nashua, and other places I can't recall. I don't think they're all the same chain, but they all have the same furnishings and mostly the same food.
Keywords: in Boston
By anon
Sat, 11/26/2016 - 11:40am
Right?
Could they find a less boring name?
By JimGaffigan
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 6:30pm
Its not bad. Its just...lame.
It reminds me of a bar in a hotel. They always manage to find the worlds least exciting name. Like Characters lounge.
"Flaming" Has Various Meanings
By Elmer
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 7:10pm
[sup] ( it's very exciting to run a flaming telephone switchboard! )[/sup]
Ha! The unintended humor potential is off the charts.
By section77
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 7:10pm
I can see a certain demographic adopting the place and making it the new Jacques. (Not that there's anything wrong with that).
Maybe if it was in the South End or Dorchester
By JimGaffigan
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 8:40pm
It might take on a humorous meaning.
But its Roslindale.
LOL
By cybah
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 9:21pm
You beat me to it :-)
I still laugh at the old Pru food court burger place called "Flamers"
Licensing Board
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 10:09pm
Do they have a separate license and licensing process for a drag show? Show Tunes karaoke?
This is Boston, of course they do
By adamg
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 10:23pm
In fact, they have a separate board altogether, the Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing. Where it gets fun these days is that it's a one-person board and that one person is also the chairwoman of the Boston Licensing Board. But with a different staff, in its own office on the other side of City Hall.
I don't think thats entirely accurate
By JimGaffigan
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 10:35pm
Yes, they need a license to perform and to do karaoke which both fall under entertainment licensing as you mention.
But there is no permission needed to perform in drag (if you have a license) as was asked.
Or maybe I am just reading the question wrong?
Oh, yeah, it's not the drag part that needs the license
By adamg
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 11:16pm
It's the live entertainment.
A suburban branch would have been hard to staff
By anon
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 11:02pm
Back in the day. Staff would have to have been all girls. Teen boys wouldn't take the abuse to work at a place with that name for any amount of money.
Kids today would care a lot less and/or embrace name.
Of course Pru location looked like it was all staffed by hard working immigrants.
I was just gonna say...
By eekanotloggedin
Sun, 11/27/2016 - 8:00pm
wasn't Cybah providing us with an overview of gentlemen's cruising spots? ;-)
There's an existing Flaming Grill and Buffet
By adamg
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 8:43pm
In Revere. Has a different owner, don't know if there's a connection between the two, though.
It's a chain. They have
By bpsgrad
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 8:56pm
It's a chain. They have locations in NY, NJ and MD as well.
Adjust Map
By dmk
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 7:54pm
Adam - Map is off.
Where the Google pin is, is more like the upper 600-700 block.
The pin has to be up in the no-man's land further outbound.
It needs to be between Cummins and Clare. If you zoom in you can see where S&S and Dollar Tree is. Google fails sometimes on address mapping.
Sigh, you're right
By adamg
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 8:40pm
Fixed it by using the Walgreens address instead.
7*?
By anon
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 8:54pm
Does 7-star with (kinda) new dining room not count?
It most certainly does count!
By adamg
Fri, 11/25/2016 - 9:39pm
Unlike my mind, I guess. Fixed, thanks.
Buffet?
By Kaz
Sat, 11/26/2016 - 12:47am
We need to leave the buffet in the 80s/90s.
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