Restaurant Closings

Many Black-owned bars and restaurants have been hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic, which disproportionately impacts people of color.

As tough as the restaurant industry has it these days, many Black-owned restaurants and bars in Boston have been hit even harder because their communities are feeling some of the worst effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “Being closed for the past three months has been a financial hardship on us,” said Jordan Poindexter, co-owner of Wally’s Café Jazz Club....

In mid-March, just before Gov. Charlie Baker announced the restaurant shutdown, Marc Hurwitz received a warning from a friend in the restaurant industry to brace himself for a big announcement that would change everything. As the founder and editor of the well-known website Boston’s Hidden Restaurants, Hurwitz is tapped in to the local food restaurant scene, and he had...

A brand new board game cafe may be on its way to Boston, and it looks like its offerings may include alcohol.

A contract brewery that started out a few years ago could be getting its very own brewery and taproom if all goes as planned.

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes a pizza chain downsizing, a place specializing in bundt cakes and crowdfunding for a brewery

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes a new gaming destination and the closing of a restaurant that is almost two centuries old.

In this edition of Restaurant Roundup, a closed cupcake spot and a gluten-free bakery is opening.

A local group of bakeries that first started out more than 25 years ago has apparently disappeared from the landscape.

A new upscale restaurant is open for business at a historic seaside location a few miles north of Boston, and a couple of people who are behind several local restaurants are behind this spot as well. Dryft, created by restaurateur Michael Aldi, has officially opened at Revere Beach, according to a press release. The restaurant features a raw bar, classic...

This week’s Restaurant Roundup includes some bad news for Gourmet Dumpling House, a new Trader Joe’s and a brewery closing.

It appears that a dispensary is interested in moving into a space in one of Boston’s hottest neighborhoods, and the space just happens to be home to a restaurant that has a celebrity chef behind it. According to a source, a meeting is taking place on September 30 to look at Keltic Green, a proposed retail cannabis shop that is...

A New York-based group of burger and shake spots appears to be expanding further into the Greater Boston area, with a new outlet being planned for a suburban mall that also became home to a location of a legendary pizza spot a few weeks ago.

The highly-anticipated Encore Boston Harbor casino and resort complex is now open in Everett and it includes a total of 15 places to get food and drink. Based on earlier articles here along with press releases for the complex, the list of places includes the following:

It looks like a food truck in Taunton that focuses on barbecue will be joined by a restaurant just a bit closer to Boston.

It looks like an artisanal “farm-to-table” grocery store in South Boston could soon be joined by an adjacent restaurant that focuses on locally-sourced food.

A suburban ice cream spot that said farewell last summer after more than 20 years in business is open once again.

Earlier this year, a James Beard Award Winner opened a new restaurant in South Boston that focuses mainly on Italian food. Now she is planning to open another spot, with this one being inside a grocery store near the downtown area of the city.

A new restaurant is planning to open in the heart of Boston, taking over the space where an award-winning dining spot had been until closing last year.