FOOD & DRINK
5 restaurant openings we’re excited about this month
Boston-area openings include an Italian concept at Raffles, a family-owned Mexican restaurant in East Boston, and more. Italian is popular this month; from a much-anticipated opening in the Back Bay to across the river in Cambridge, prolific hospitality vets Jody Adams and Seth Greenberg are igniting la dolce vita. There’s also Mexican comfort food and a world taqueria coming to town — here are the five new restaurants we’re checking out this month.
'Lobby Day for Animals' fights for animal safety at the state House
BOSTON — Despite what it might sound like, “Lobby Day for Animals” doesn’t mean there were lions, tigers and bears in the state House — but instead passionate people fighting to protect animals of all kinds in Massachusetts. What You Need To Know. Tuesday was...
Concord’s Minute Man park designated ‘endangered historic site’ ahead of private jet airfield expansion
The Minute Man National Park and Walden Pond in Concord were ranked among 2024’s most endangered historic sites as the proposed expansion of a private jet airfield could increase nearby noise and emissions. In a ceremony at Old Manse in Concord Wednesday, leaders from the National Trust for Historic...
NY Bagel Factory opens in Newtonville
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]. A new location of a local group of bagels shops has debuted nearly a year after its plans were first announced. According to a poster on the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, NY Bagel Factory is now open in Newtonville, moving into a space in the Trio luxury apartment building on Washington Street. The new shop joins others in Framingham and Southboro, and it offers bagels, breakfast items, baked goods, sandwiches, coffee, iced tea, and more.
Longtime WPRI anchor Janice Glynn passes away
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Janice Glynn, a longtime anchor at WPRI 12, passed away over the weekend. She was 69 years old. Glynn anchored WPRI’s 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts in the 1980s alongside Walter Cryan. Her funeral will take place this Saturday at the Burke...
Friendly’s now has a ‘late-night’ menu
The Massachusetts-based diner may no longer have any Boston locations, but the Bay State restaurants still left now have a late-night menu. Getting an ice cream when those late-night cravings hit just got a little easier — on your wallet, more specifically — with the new Friendly’s late-night value menu.
Iggy's Bakery Looks to Take Over The Bite
Cambridge-based Iggy’s Bakery is looking to take over management of The Bite restaurant in Menemsha this summer. The potential new bakery would be the first time the building would be open to the public since The Bite closed its doors for renovations after the summer of 2017. Iggy’s Bakery...
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