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Loretta’s Last Call Plans New Hampshire Opening in 2027
Loretta's Last Call is expanding with a new location in Salem, New Hampshire, according to the restaurant's website. It will occupy the former Sears Auto Center at The Mall at Rockingham Park with a targeted opening in early 2027. No official date was announced. The Sears space at The Mall...
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Wahlburgers Closes Last Standalone Restaurant in Boston After Worldwide Closures
Wahlburgers is saying goodbye to Boston — for now. The burger chain, owned by Mark Wahlberg and his brothers, Donnie Wahlberg and Paul Wahlberg, has closed nearly 80 locations since 2025, USA Today reported, with its final standalone store closing in the company’s home state: Massachusetts. The burger chain took to Instagram on October 30, […]
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Boston-area restaurant closures pile up
The CEO of Banyan Bar + Refuge officially called it quits for the Asian gastropub this week, more than a year after a kitchen fire forced it to close. Catch up quick: The wait on insurance dragged on long after the June 2025 kitchen fire, while Rebecca Roth Gullo charted plans to expand her other business, Blackbird Doughnuts. "The time has come for us to focus all of our time and energy on Blackbird's growth," she wrote on Instagram . "It's an exciting next chapter, but one that comes with a great deal of emotion about what we're leaving behind." 💸 The Midway Cafe is in danger of closing. Owner Jay Balerna told the Boston Globe he's looking for a new owner after the landlord expressed plans to double the rent next year. 🍔 Wahlburgers closed its Fenway location last week but plans to open new locations in Nevada, California and Puerto Rico. ☕️ Daily Provisions opened its third location Wednesday, this one at 501 Boylston St. in the Back Bay. It'll be open 7am-9pm daily. Newton Highlands is getting a new restaurant: Sichuan Ember plans to move into the space once home to Scafidi Bros. Market & Deli, per
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Tecate Corona Mexican Kitchen & Sports Bar Expanding to Plymouth and Saugus
A Groveland-based Mexican restaurant and sports bar is bringing its authentic flavors to two more Massachusetts towns. Tecate Corona Mexican Kitchen & Sports Bar is preparing to open new locations at 390 Court Street in North Plymouth and 304 Lincoln Avenue, Unit 3 in Saugus, according to recent social media announcements from the business. The expansion follows the success of its original Groveland restaurant, which opened in August 2025.
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Lowell Regulars Quietly Guard These 8 Hole-in-the-Wall Massachusetts Eateries Behind Plain Storefronts
One little takeout spot in this city literally named itself a hole in the wall. I love that kind of honesty. It sells empanadas, loaded tostones, and pizza from the same counter, and that mix alone made me curious. The rest of the list follows the same pattern. A trolley-style...
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Brighton Cafe Brings Homey, Classic Breakfasts to the Comm. Ave. and Washington St. Corner
At the corner of Commonwealth Ave. and Washington St. sits a quaint diner that isn’t trying to break ground or stir up the breakfast game. It does the one job that seems increasingly rare: serving a homey, much-needed, classic breakfast. Boston has no shortage of expensive, trendy places trying...
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12 Old-School Massachusetts Meat Markets Where Quality And Tradition Still Come First
Julia Child’s initials are pressed into a sidewalk outside a butcher shop, right next to the words Bon Appétit. I love that a TV cooking legend left her mark at a meat counter instead of a fancy restaurant. That detail sent me looking for more old-school butchers in...
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Two of Boston’s staple bars are teaming up for a New Hampshire expansion
Two signature bars in Boston's Fenway neighborhood are expanding to another New England city — one for the first time. Loretta's Last Call and Game On! will open at The Mall at Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire in early 2027. The move marks the first expansion outside Boston...
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A Humble Boston Seafood Shack Has Made A Name For Itself Across America
Crab traps hanging from the ceiling with little lights wrapped around them? That’s already my kind of seafood place. Add picnic tables covered in lobster shells, and I can practically hear people cracking claws and laughing over dinner. Forget fancy decorations. This sounds like a lot more fun. And...
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Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain Seeks New Owner as Landlord Plans to Double Rent for the Property
The Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain could close next year because the building owner is demanding a rent increase, unless a new owner buys the venue. “I'm hoping to have somebody else take it over,” said Jay Balerna, who started managing the live music venue with his brother, David, in 1987, according to The Boston Globe. Balerna has owned the property since buying his brother out in 2011.