By adamg - Wed, 02/26/2025 - 3:08pm

Fresh off awarding some three dozen new alcohol licenses, the Boston Licensing Board today began interviewing a new set of applicants for some of the beer-and-wine and all-alcohol licenses the state legislature last year approved for 13 specific Boston Zip codes: Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 04/26/2024 - 2:53pm

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday granted Las Delicias Colombianas 2, 1231 River St. in Hyde Park, permission to extend its closing time from 11 p.m. until 1 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 1:27pm

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday warned the owner of La Chiva, 259 Bennington St. that he needs to step up his game and stop letting customers bring in beers to enjoy on its outside patio, since he doesn't have an alcohol license. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 04/07/2022 - 12:06pm

At least one corner of the City that Always Sleeps is willing to accept food late into the night: The Boston Licensing Board today approved a request from Perros Paisas, 350 Bennington St. in East Boston, to stay open until 3 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 10/07/2021 - 10:28am

The Boston Licensing Board today gave restaurants in East Boston and on Beacon Hill permission to expand their beer and wine offerings to include liqueurs and the mixed drinks that can be made with them. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 01/10/2019 - 4:36pm

The Boston Licensing Board today gave the owner of La Chiva, 259 Bennington St., permission to serve up Colombian food to hungry people 24 hours a day. Read more.

By adamg - Wed, 01/09/2019 - 10:29am

La Chiva, a Colombian take-out place at 259 Bennington St. in East Boston that is already open until 3 a.m., is seeking permission to stay open 24 hours a day. Read more.

By adamg - Sun, 06/18/2017 - 7:49pm

Napoles, a Colombian restaurant and bar (with a lot of Italian items and a really nice pool table) on Bennington Street in East Boston, kept the "crashed" plane that was a hallmark of the Jimmy Maggs restaurant that preceded it.

By adamg - Fri, 04/07/2017 - 4:05pm
Opening soon

Ricolombia Restaurant, 1231 River St., where Salamander Cafe used to be, and where a succession of Haitian restaurants used to be, quietly closed this week, barely four months after it opened.

Today, the windows were festooned with signs advising that it would be opening soon under new ownership. Read more.