Heat from the fire melted street light and signs. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to the Squealing Pig, 134 Smith St. on Mission Hill, for what turned into a two-alarm fire around midnight.
The department reported no injuries from the fire, which came a little more than 24 hours after the Jacob Wirth building on Stuart Street burned in a four-alarm fire.
Milk Street Cafe, one of downtown Boston's few kosher options, last week filed for Chap. 11 bankruptcy protection, listing a bank that gave it a federally backed loan to help it survive the pandemic and its landlord as its two largest creditors. Read more.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today reinstated the bulk of a suit against the owner of Dunkin' Donuts franchises in Worcester because of the way one of its employees allegedly reacted to a Black man who ordered food by first delaying his order and then, when he and other employees asked about the delay, tossed the food - and a racial epithet - at him. Read more.
The state is warning restaurants and bars experimenting with food and drinks infused with THC or CBD are breaking the law. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the June 22 end of Savenor's on Charles Street. The Harvard Square outlet will remain open.
Jamaica Plain reports that Centre Street in Hyde Square is getting a new taco place, called Viva Taco. It replaces a burrito joint.
A federal jury today convicted Stavros Papantoniadis for a reign of terror against his workers, which included sending one man into surgery twice and and tormenting other workers by threatening them with death and with turning them into ICE. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved the replacement of Bin 26 Enoteca, 26 Charles St. on Beacon Hill with a new restaurant serving food its attorney says will be based on "the rich culture and cuisine of the Basque region of northern Spain," from the Pyrenees mountains to the Bay of Biscay. Read more.
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owner of the venerable Blarney Stone, 1505 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester, sell his liquor license to Yancarlo Fernandez of Dorchester, who is planning a new menu focusing on "modern international cuisine" and tapas, his attorney said today. Read more.
The owner of the Burger King at 944 Bennington St. in East Boston filed a request to stay open 24 hours a day, but at a hearing today acknowledged he's not quite ready to pull the trigger on City that Never Sleeps-style operations. Read more.
Baker describes cat cafe as one cat describes its disinterest.
Update: Food-serving license approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to A Sanctuary Cafe, 80 Charles St. on Beacon Hill, which will combine a place for people to play and visit with 10 to 15 cats, sip coffee and eat pastries and browse books for sale - although not in the same room. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Silvertone Bar & Grill, long a favorite of bartenders at other joints, suddenly closed this week.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Quincy IHOP has flipped its last pancake.
The Globe reports that Sally's Apizza will be opening an outlet in the upscale wing of the South Bay Mall.
Mandercamp asks:
Boston, who has the best egg rolls available for delivery? I like 'em crispy and thick.
Jimmies, which closed in January, could soon be replaced by a new outlet serving New Zealand ice cream - soft serve with fresh fruit mixed in. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today granted Evergreen Eatery, 154 Green St. in Jamaica Plain, permission to buy the beer and wine license from a Fenway Qdoba.
Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today gave the operator of a barbecue food truck a license to open a permanent storefront at 5272 Washington St. in West Roxbury, currently home to a Salvadoran restaurant. Read more.
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