By Isabel Hart – Reporter, Boston Business Journal Bertucci’s, a once-popular casual dining chain known for its brick oven pizza and signature bread rolls, is testing a new fast-casual concept called Bertucci’s Pronto in Downtown Boston. After filing for bankruptcy twice—in 2018 and 2022—the brand is pivoting under the direction of owner Robert Earl (Earl Enterprises) to […]
By Sam Doran and Sam Drysdale, State House News Service After years of debate, lawmakers finally came to an agreement to expand the number of alcohol licenses in Boston. There are 225 new licenses authorized in a compromise bill filed by House and Senate negotiators Tuesday afternoon, including 195 “restricted” licenses specifically marked for neighborhoods […]
By Grant Welker A planned food market in East Cambridge amid a series of major new developments has its first tenant, and it’s a restaurant from a well-known restaurateur in the neighborhood. Chef Will Gilson will open AMBA this summer, a Mediterranean-inspired café that’ll be part of the new First Street Market just a few blocks from other […]
By Grant Welker Somerville’s Assembly Row will soon welcome a second location of Davis Square favorite Posto, a new concept from the group behind Papagayo and Civility Social House, and a fifth location of Amelia’s Taqueria. Posto will open a nearly 6,000-square-foot space with a full-service dining room, cafe and take-out market at the recently closed FRANK in […]
By Grant Welker The Lineup, a small food hall at the base of downtown Boston’s tallest tower, has five food options in a block-long space that’s bookended by 50-foot glass walls and a striking red sculpture by glass artist Dale Chihuly. But not everyone’s working in the Financial District as much as they were when the […]
By Boston Restaurant Talk A new dining and drinking spot has come to Cambridge after being in the works for at least six years. According to an Instagram post from the place, Mothership is now open in the Alewife area of the city, moving into a building on CambridgePark Drive that is also home to a location […]
Scott Souza,Patch Staff Posted Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 12:18 pm ET PEABODY, MA — A final phase of construction and redevelopment will usher in more high-profile dining and retail operators at the Northshore Mall in 2023. Simon Property Group, which operates the shopping center, said Phase 2 of The Promenade redevelopment has begun with Arhuas, […]
by Hannah Green / via The Business Journals Just over a year after launching, food technology startup Tender Food has raised a seed funding round to bring its products to market. Tender, which goes by the legal name of Boston Meats Inc., is planting its flag in the crowded plant-based meat market. Its new products replicate the structures […]
by Greg Ryan / via Boston Business Journal Jen Faigel, the executive director of the food-business incubator CommonWealth Kitchen, has long wanted the nonprofit to own its building in Dorchester, rather than rent space there from the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp. CommonWealth announced Friday that the dream is now reality: The incubator purchased the […]
by Grant Welker | via Boston Business Journal Two veteran restaurateurs in the North End, Frank DePasquale and Nick Varano, are joining for a second eatery at Encore Boston Harbor. The Varano Group owns and operates Strega North End, Rina’s and Nico. DePasquale Ventures owns and operates Bricco Ristorante, Mare Oyster Bar, AquaPazza, Quattro, Assaggio, […]
