After a few month hiatus due to COVID-19, NEWRA is back to recognizing local people and businesses with the Good Neighbor Award. Recognition Chair Janet Gilardi said, “I have to commend all the businesses and property owners for continuing to keep our North End clean! There are so many wonderful and conscientious people here and they Read More…
What’s better than a summer beer garden? Perhaps one for the fall! Trillium Brewing Company and the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy have announced the opening of the Trillium Garden on The Greenway starting Friday, September 25, at 12 p.m. Trillium Garden, located at the intersection of High Street and Atlantic Avenue, will be open (weather Read More…
After nearly 12 years, NorthEndWaterfront.com will be winding down over the next few months and cease publishing in January 2021. This announcement comes with great respect and much gratitude to our strong and supportive readership. Simply put, the site has over-stretched our technical and spare-time limits as an ad-hoc operation. Year after year, I wondered Read More…
Taste of the North End was back this year in a brand-new format! On September 9, North End chefs Damien DiPaola, Rob Morotto, and Jose Duarte showed off some of their iconic dishes in a live broadcast hosted by Billy Costa while attendees viewed from the safety of their own homes. The event sought to Read More…
At-Large City Councilor Julia Mejia offered a proposal to the City Council during their Wednesday meeting to consider offering residential kitchen permits in the City of Boston. A residential kitchen, also known as cottage food operations, is a kitchen located in a private home. There are two types of residential kitchen permits: retail and wholesale. Read More…
Daily Catch Waterfront, located at 65-69 Atlantic Avenue, sought support to expand their restaurant into an adjacent former laser studio from the North End/ Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) and the North End/ Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC). NEWRA voted to oppose the project 15-2 and NEWNC unanimously voted to support the project with nine votes. The Read More…
The City of Boston has extended the Temporary Outdoor Dining Program on public sidewalks and parking lanes until December 1, 2020. Mayor Walsh has announced the program will be extended past its original closure date of October 31 to better support restaurants during the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency. This extension applies to outdoor dining Read More…
by Karen Parker Meyers, HELPIS Jennifer Alesandro Pittore, a frequent donor to HELPIS, has been having a drive for us in her North End restaurant Locale Boston on Hanover Street. In a very short period, with the generosity of her patrons and friends, Jennifer has collected a large number of donations, primarily back to school items for Read More…
The Boston Harbor Islands Welcome Center on the Greenway now features a coffee cart from Night Shift Coffee. Boston Harbor Now partnered with Night Shift Coffee from Night Shift Brewing to introduce the coffee cart to the Boston waterfront, offering Island and Harbor visitors an easy, quick way to grab a caffeinated beverage. Night Shift’s Read More…
The battle of the North End nail salons erupted in 2016 when Amy Tran decided to leave the former Amy’s Nails at 66 Cross Street to open Bellissimo Nails at 12 Fleet Street with partner Dat Nguyen. Amy’s Nails, established in 2013, was actually owned by Kim and Ryan Tran, not Amy, who was an Read More…
This meeting has been canceled. See Boston.gov for more details. Boston Globe cannabis reporter Dan Adams and Boston.com staff writer Nik DeCosta-Klipa shared some of what they found about why the meeting was canceled via Twitter. A recreational marijuana retailer is applying for the location at 1 Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Quincy Market (near Sam Read More…
I AM Books, an Italian American Cultural hub and bookstore, has announced they will be closing their physical location at 189 North Street in Boston’s North End. In a letter to the community, owners Nicola and Jim explained that the huge toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses over the past five months, combined Read More…