The Boston Licensing Board last week took no action on a request from the Sea Breeze Mexican Grill, 1782 Dorchester Ave., in Dorchester, for a beer, wine and liqueur license as it continues to try to figure out the ramifications of the law that was supposed to give Boston 25 new liquor licenses this year for areas away from Boston Proper and the waterfront.
Chef Daniel Bojorquez of La Brasa.
In advance of the Sept. 16 Foodie Crawl in East Somerville, Rob Bellinger and Dan Meade interviewed Daniel Bojorquez of La Brasa and Lorenzo Reyes of Rincon Mexicano on opening new restaurants in the neighborhood.
Photo copyright Dan Meade. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports on the apparent end of the Boylston Street Mexican place.
Amelia's Taquieria, 180 Brighton Ave., goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week seeking permission to extend its hours on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.
The board's hearings begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in its eighth-floor hearing room in City Hall.
Capt. John Greland reports on an incident at Rosa Mexicano, 155 Seaport Blvd., last night:
Person refused to pay his bar tab but left his Russian passport on the bar.
Jay Porter asks:
My fiancé is setting forth to find the best taco in Boston and beyond. We need your suggestions!
Boston Restaurant Talk reports on a Koreanish/tacoish place that's opened on Bedford Street in the Financial District. "K-tacos, which have bulgogi or spicy chicken placed in corn tortillas," anyone?
Place has possibly the least descriptive name ever, though: InBoston.
Sarah asks:
Help! I need to buy El Yucateco Green Hot Sauce tomorrow, in the Boston area (long story). Anyone know where?
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved a request from the owners of Quencher, 170A I St., to sell their liquor license to a company that wants to open a Mexican restaurant in the reviving Downtown Crossing.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Quencher could be shut by November. Its license now goes to the Painted Burro, planned for 35 Temple Pl.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the demise of the North End branch of El Triunfo, about a year and a half after it opened in what was formerly a raw-food restaurant, which also didn't last.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Zoning Board of Appeals squashed Villa Mexico's request to move from its current location in a Cambridge Street gas station around the corner. Maybe a bank could move in instead.
Cissy Huang sings the praises of Mi Pueblito on Border Street in East Boston:
For just $6, I can get a cheesy hot pupusa and two tacos to go.
The Metro reports city officials oppose the idea of a Mexican restaurant on Bromfield Street staying open until 4:30 a.m. It would attract drunks, police say. That's almost 24-hour food service, licensing-board head grumps.
Tequila Mexican Grill, 55 Bromfield St., goes before the Boston Licensing Board on Jan. 18 for permission to extend its closing time from 7 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.
Villa Mexico on Cambridge Street on Beacon Hill could transmogrify into a food truck or seek donations to re-open elsewhere; owner reports on never-ending battles with landlord, who plans to tear the whole thing down and put up an office building.
Tacos El Charro, 349 Centre St., will re-open as soon as the city issues an inspection certificate, owner Aida Luz Navarro said this morning.
Navarro told the Boston Licensing Board she was forced to close the restaurant earlier this year due to financial problems - she didn't have enough to pay for a required permit in December, and in January, NStar shut off power due to a $7,000 unpaid bill.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a Mexican restaurant in the heart of the North End.
Ali Yagcioglu needed board permission to open his El Triunfo take-out restaurant at 69 Prince St.
On Les Gourmands du South End, Jeff dishes on his first visit to Michael Schlow's new Tico on Berkeley Street, which serves up a mixture of Latin American dishes. His verdict: He'd consider a return trip, but the music needs to be toned down.
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