dining
Burtons Grill gets Serious About Seniors
New England-Based Restaurant Group Burtons Grill Celebrates National Senior Citizens Day with Half-Off Food All-Day! In celebration of National Senior Citizens Day, on Sunday, August 21st, 2011, Burtons Grill, the casual restaurant chain with seven locations in the New England area, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Virginia, will be honoring the nation’s senior citizens [...]
Restaurant Row Owner Fleshes Out Reconstruction Details at Meeting
By Lori A. Frankian Monty Gold, owner of the West Fens building that burned in January 2009, held a long-awaited information session on November 22 at the Kilmarnock Street restaurant/bar, Church. Gold was armed with redevelopment plans to share with 35 residents, business owners, and politicians who came to hear the “official” plan of action [...]
Boston Market Aims for Customer Appreciation
by Laura Finaldi Boston Market is celebrating its quarter century anniversary by giving all of its restaurants inside and out makeovers. According to a press release, the company, which opened its doors for the first time 25 years ago in Newton under the name Boston Chicken, has hired 2100 new employees in the hopes that [...]
September at Haley House Bakery Cafe
Dear Friends, September is here, and we are celebrating the fifth anniversary of Haley House Bakery Cafe! We have reopened after being closed for the week prior to Labor Day – we sanded the floors, tiled the entryway and our staff polished the place (with the help of Boston College CSOM volunteers), and we are [...]
News Notes – September 6
Reignited ire buffets Muslim students – Despite tensions, many hold to their belief in America By Lisa Wangsness – Globe Staff / September 6, 2010 WELLESLEY — Laila Alawa fiddled with her cellphone, pretending she hadn’t heard what an apparently intoxicated man near her on the MBTA had said about “her people’’ wanting to build [...]
Basho brings unique flavoring to the Fenway area
by Ellysia Francovitch Among a sea of Japanese Sushi restaurants in Boston, Basho sets itself apart from the rest - it is one of the first Japanese brasseries to be created in Boston. The mastermind behind this was Jack Huang the owner of Douzo in Back Bay. Opening on April 12 of this year, the [...]
News Notes – March 17
Berklee lands Patrick jazz treasure trove – Governor donates father’s legendary memorabilia By David Abel – Globe Staff / March 17, 2010 The mischievous baritone saxophonist, known as much for accompanying jazz legends as for the deep, soulful bellow of his own compositions, left a trove of recordings, scores, photographs, and assorted personal artifacts. The [...]