FOOD & DRINK
Salem tour guides could soon be required to pay licensing fees
While tourism can be a real treat in Salem, Massachusetts, the city says the costs are tricky. “Costs are starting to get close to a point where they’ll exceed the direct revenues the city brings in from things like parking and license fees,” said Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo.
Vultures believed to be seriously ill were, instead, ‘literally too drunk to fly’
The pair found on April 7 in Watertown, Connecticut, was quickly released back into the wild after spending a night recovering from “a wicked hangover,” A Place Called Home said in the post.
$4M Lottery Jackpot: Revere Woman Eyes Vacation With Newfound Fortune
A Revere woman knows how she will spend part of her newfound fortune after she won $4 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery. Alejandra Maria Arroyave Hurtado won the grand prize jackpot by playing the $10 scratch-off game “4,000,000 Mayhem."She chose to take the lump sum payment of $2.6 m…
Owners of Giacomo's and Riccardo's in Boston's North End opening North End Lobster Company
[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.]. The operators of a couple of North End restaurants are hoping to open a new dining spot. According to a licensing board hearing page within the City of Boston website, a restaurant tentatively named North End Lobster Co. is looking to open on Hanover Street, with Adriana Travaglione being the manager listed. A post within the northend.page website mentions that Richard and Adriana Travaglione (who both run the North End location of Giacomo's as well as the nearby Riccardo's) are indeed behind the proposed spot, though the website says "The restaurant will be called 'North End Lobster Company'.... except probably not. Turns out that was just a placeholder and the real name on the BDA is TBD."
First look inside massive new beer hall opening in Medford, Massachusetts, this summer
MEDFORD, Mass. — The owners of a massive tap room-style beer hall that is opening in Medford, Massachusetts, have shared a first look at the new facility. The Great American Beer Hall is scheduled to open in late summer at 142 Mystic Ave. The 17,000-square-foot beer hall will offer...
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