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Boston’s famous reject has died
The death has been made known of Danny Katzen, a hornist who is said to have auditioned 48 times for the second horn position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra before finally being given the job. Danny entered the orchestra in 1979 and played for 29 years, retiring in 2008. He performed in Leonard Bernstein’s final lifetime concert at Tanglewood and can also be heard on most of the Boston Pops’ celebrated recordings, as well as on the John Williams soundtrack of Schindler’s List.
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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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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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Boston mourns percussion king, 96
Principal timpanist for the Boston Pops and assistant percussionist of the Boston Symphony, Arthur Press was a commanding figure at Symphony Hall for 46 years (1956 to 1992), playing on more than 50 recordings. He died last week at a great age. From his obit:. “Arthur Press was in many...
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At 9, He Was Banned From Delta for Pulling a Prank. Now He’s the Voice of Boston’s Logan Airport
Somewhere over the Eastern Seaboard in the early 1990s, a 9-year-old boy flying alone discovered the flight attendant call button. He pressed it. A flight attendant appeared. He switched the light off. He pressed it again. “I did it probably like 15 times,” Chris Donisi tells TODAY.com. When the plane...
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The Tiny Restaurant Tucked Away In Massachusetts That Will Make You A Loyal Customer Forever
If loyalty could be cooked into a dish, Rino’s Place in East Boston would have figured out the recipe a long time ago. This is a restaurant that turns first-time visitors into regulars with a reliability that should probably be studied by someone with a clipboard and a research grant.
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This Old-School Massachusetts Restaurant Makes Some Seriously Good Thin-Crust Pizza
The brick oven at this pizza spot showed up in pieces in 1883, built for a bakery. It has been cranking out thin-crust pies for nearly a century since then. If you ask me, nobody ever outgrows the trip-day grin. It just waits for the right excuse, and a famous old oven is a pretty good one.
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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.
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Alfredo’s Is Moving to a New Location in Southie After 23 Years
After 23 years at 243 Dorchester Street, Alfredo’s is moving to a new home in Southie. But don’t worry, it’s not going far. The neighborhood favorite is relocating to 320 Dorchester Street, at the corner of Old Colony Avenue. The new, modern space will feature a larger dining room, giving customers a place to sit down and enjoy Alfredo’s popular steak tips, chicken broccoli Alfredo, Italian-style pizzas, and more.