09 Jan, 2025

‘This time, I’m doing something small’: A 15-seat Stella opens in Newton

Restaurants The new Stella features some old favorites like the pasta bolognese. Stella’s orecchiette pasta with Italian sausage, garlic, tomatoes, Parmesan, and parsley. Handout Chef Evan Deluty is getting back in the game, but gently.  Deluty opened a petite iteration of his renowned Stella restaurant, a onetime star of the South End dining scene, but this […]

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Fields West, a laid-back restaurant and bar, opens in Allston

Restaurants The neighborhood regains a previously shuttered social space with an artistic flair. Beef sliders at Fields West. Handout Fields West, a restaurant, bar, and arts space opening Aug. 5 in Allston, takes its name from a painting: “Fields West of Boston” by Cambridge-based artist Washington Allston, which he painted when the neighborhood was still […]

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Gufo, a new Mediterranean-Italian restaurant, opens in Cambridge this week

Restaurants Coda Restaurant Group is opening its newest concept Friday. Pasta at Gufo, opening in Cambridge. Brian Samuels Photography Gufo, the latest restaurant from Coda Restaurant Group, will open Friday at 660 Cambridge St. in Cambridge. The modern Italian restaurant opens with dinner service as the first stage for the multifunctional, 4,200-square-foot space. Next month, […]

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Widowmaker Brewing officially opens in Brighton this week

Restaurants The Brighton location will feature menu items from Bone and Bread. Widowmaker Taproom & Kitchen in Brighton. Photo courtesy of Widowmaker Taproom & Kitchen Fans of a popular brewery will be excited to hear that they will be officially opening a much anticipated location in Brighton, their first permanent spot in Boston. For Noah […]

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DW French, a new brasserie in the Fenway, opens this week

Restaurants Chef Douglass Williams said the new restaurant will serve up brasserie staples and high energy in the Fenway. Steak au poivre with creamed spinach will be on the menu at DW French, Douglass Williams’s newest restaurant. Courtesy of Kanphotography Coming off the heels of opening Mida’s East Boston location, Boston’s award-winning chef Douglass Williams […]

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Coast Guard opens formal inquiry into collapse of mast on Maine schooner that killed a passenger

Local News FILE – This photo provided by Kurt Schleicher shows the schooner Grace Bailey with its main mast broken off the coast of Rockland, Maine, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Kurt Schleicher via AP, File By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press October 16, 2023 | 5:12 PM PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Coast Guard said Monday […]

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Filing period for New Hampshire presidential primary opens

Politics New Hampshire, with its state law requiring its primaries to be held first, is defying the Democratic National Committee’s new primary calendar which calls for South Carolina to kick off voting on Feb. 3, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada. New Hampshire Deputy Secretary of State Patricia Lovejoy, left, looks on as Secretary of […]

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Joe’s Pizza, an iconic New York City spot, opens in Harvard Square

Food News The restaurant serves guests until 3 a.m. A classic cheese pie from Joe’s Pizza. Handout Pizza fans have reason to celebrate — a famous New York City shop known for its street slices has debuted in Cambridge. Joe’s Pizza opened on Brattle Street in Harvard Square on September 15, serving up classic flavors […]

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