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Menino on DTX: Burritos, not Buicks

By neilv on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 8:40am

By way of starting a new Downtown Crossing thread on UH, Menino opened a burrito joint and reaffirmed commitment to DTX as a pedestrian mall.

The Globe story also has an amusing bit about what features of DTX the mayor's walking tour somehow missed.

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Comments

By JohnAKeith on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 9:46am.

There are now five Bolocos in the Financial District, by my count. The new one on School Street, unlike the others, is open "late"; until 8:00 PM. Plus, free wi-fi.

DTX is back!

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By adamg on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 10:18am.

When do they merge with the coffee chain to become Bolunkin?

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By ShadyMilkMan on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 8:12pm.

DTX should be a fully free wifi zone ...

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By jchristian on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 1:30pm.

with the story so we could hear the Mayor say "Boloco".

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By EM Painter on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 1:50pm.

Maybe something besides stores? The stores there are at a competitive disadvantage already.

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By david_yamada on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 3:42pm.

Is it a sign of how bad things are that the opening of a burrito place in DTX has been elevated to mayoral ribbon cutting level???

I read the Globe piece and found myself wondering, some of the quoted folks kept referring to a brighter day for DTX. But no one explained how we'll get there. Do they know something I don't?

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By neilv on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:38pm.

I liked the idea they mentioned of raising the roadway to curb level. Shows they're thinking about making it work for pedestrians.

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By david_yamada on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:23pm.

You're right -- that was worth noting. Right now Washington feels more like a closed-off street than a pedestrian mall.

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By anon on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 4:47pm.

Please stop calling boloco a burrito joint.

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By Arborway on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 11:12am.

Any place that sells Nutella milkshakes deserves a better title.

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By adamg on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 11:19am.

I see from the Web site that it's really an INSPIRED burrito joint.

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By neilv on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 3:28pm.

Says "INSPIRED" right there on their own Web site.

I'm going to borrow that gem for my resume.

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