The Boston Licensing Board yesterday gave Eatery on Broad, a self described "scaled down food hall" at 45 Broad St. downtown permission to extend its closing time from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. to serve downtown residents hankering for some of its donuts, pasta or sandwiches to go. Read more.
By adamg - 12/12/24 - 10:01 am
A bleary-eyed resident files a 311 complaint about the seeming spotlights blaring out of a building under construction at 125 Broad St. downtown: Read more.
By adamg - 6/26/24 - 1:59 pm
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans for a three-stall food hall-ette where a Starbucks used to be at 45 Broad St. downtown. Read more.
By adamg - 5/3/23 - 11:03 am
Update: Board requested Millare meet with the neighborhood group, but said it didn't want to hold her up when the mayor's office told her she didn't have to, so approved her license.
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to Janeth Millare to open Pinoy Kabayan Filipino Asian Cuisine at 71-73 Broad St. downtown.
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By adamg - 8/24/21 - 1:19 pm
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a proposed marijuana shop at 21 Broad St. downtown, but members weren't happy about it. Read more.
By adamg - 6/21/20 - 7:47 pm
Mariebmorris reports a small sign posted to the door of Sakurabana, 57 Broad St. downtown announces its closing, that after 36 years in business, Covid-19 made it impossible for owner Hironori Koga to keep going.
By adamg - 6/6/19 - 12:00 pm
An alert reader forwards an alert from a downtown building manager about some simulated gunfire and explosions on Sunday downtown as Ryan Reynolds and friends continue to film a movie about a guy who realizes he's just a character in an online game: Read more.
By adamg - 8/2/18 - 5:00 pm
A Boston health inspector today ordered Flat Black Coffee, 50 Broad St., shut until it can clean up the mess caused when its ice machine caught fire. This includes cleaning up the "heavy buildup of water, soot, and chemical discharge on floor," thoroughly cleaning pretty much every surface in the place and having somebody haul away the remains of the ice machine.
By adamg - 6/29/16 - 1:03 pm
What's left of the building that used to house the Littlest Bar are a couple of walls being propped up until the developer putting up luxury housing on the site can fill it in with more modern construction.
By adamg - 6/10/16 - 1:28 pm
Phil R. took the time this morning to photograph the munching of the building that used to house the Times on Broad Street, making way, of course, for some badly needed condos in a 12-story building. The neighboring building, which housed the Littlest Bar, is part of the project, but its shell will be preserved - given that Bulfinch himself put the thing up back in 1805 - and turned into a lobby and some condos.
Jennie Pane-Joyce watched the demolition from the other side: Read more.
By adamg - 5/21/16 - 11:22 pm
In a drive by around 10:45 p.m. on Broad Street at Franklin, Crime Hub reports.
By adamg - 1/5/15 - 7:49 pm
Developers have submitted plans to the BRA for a 12-story condo building on Broad Street that would completely demolish the building the Times pub is now in and turn the historic Bulfinch building that houses the Littlest Bar into a lobby for the new bu
By adamg - 10/22/14 - 11:02 am
Seth Barnett, lawyer for the company that owns the now closed Blue, Inc.
By adamg - 9/30/14 - 6:20 pm
A bouncer at the Place, 2 Broad St., faces arraignment next month for a July incident in which he allegedly put a customer into a coma for four days.
By adamg - 9/22/14 - 4:06 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk reports on what might be a temporary shutdown of the Broad Street restaurant named for Chef Jason Santos's choice in hair dye.
