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Longtime bakery closes forever in Mattapan
By adamg on Sat, 02/08/2020 - 9:03pm
Roving UHub photographer Drew S. reports:
Lenny's Tropical Bakery on Blue Hill and Morton in Mattapan closing after 40 years! Today is the last day. We visited and said goodbye to the staff, the owners are retiring they tell us. Some of the best Jamaican beef and chicken patties in Boston's history.
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Boston's hidden gems are
Boston's hidden gems are disappearing. NYC does a better job with old time bodega, delis, and ethnic neighborhood businesses and restaurants, etc. I hope as they retire they keep it real.
Great breakfast
So hard to find a coffee and bakery shops in the hood, where you can sit down and relax. Very affordable prices. I loved their breakfast. One of the few places serving grits.
Sad
Same thing is going on in NYC too...Lots of long time businesses are closing due to an increase of rent or just plainly gentrification. Just going by Downtown Brooklyn or 3rd Ave by the Bronx, Mom and pop stores are disappearing rapidly!!!
Oh No!
So many local places are disappearing. They had a good long run. I hope they closed because they wanted to, not because they were were forced out.
Retiring
The article says retiring after 40 years!
Yep! Retiring. They
Yep! Retiring. They definitely weren’t forced out. They own the building as well as the bakery and they’re selling it all.
The Owners Sold The Entire Building
The owner sold the entire building and they did it because they wanted to retire. Their children were not interested in running the business. I wish the owners the very best.
So sad to hear
Since I was a kid up until a week ago I eat a small lunch there. Our Boston is disappearing before us.
It was a Trinidadian restaurant, not Jamaican.
Hence why their patties wouldn't be Jamaican.
Not sure where you got that
Not sure where you got that information about a Trinidadian restaurant my brother, but it was Trulia Jamaican restaurant.
Owners Son
So sorry you were misinformed but it never was a Trinidadian restaurant. It was always a Jamaican. Restaurant
Beef patties
I need those recipes. Coco bread and cheese with a beef pattie to die for. One of my favorite meals ever. I was a Coca-Cola delivery man in the area for 7 years in the early to mid 90’s. My district manager Bernie Harper and my salesman Brian Riley took me in there and I loved them. I would stop in every chance I could. Then I became the salesman and then a supervisor and didn’t get down there as often. I went back to being a driver in 2005 in Rhode Island. But I still have family and my doctor in Boston. So when I came up I would always go out of my way to stop at Lenny’s and buy 15-20 Jamaican beef patties to take home and freeze and 2 with coco bread and cheese to eat on the way home. Since the pandemic I’ve been on a diet and lost 66lbs. I come off the diet in two weeks. First night is pizza with my wife. Second night is 2 beef patties ( I still have some in the freezer) 1/2 an hour in the oven at 350d and I’m lovin’ it. So if it is at all possible could I get the recipe for both the patties and the cocobread. It will never be the same as Lenny’s but I’ll get it as close as I can. Thank you for all the years! You’ll be missed.
No
That's right the are not Jamaican, I don't even think they are Trinidadian I thought they were Bajan
Setting it right
It sure was Jamaican. Same last name me dixon. It was owned by my uncle Lenny. After 45 years of sold it. I work for him as a young man.
Happy retirement!
A bakery is a tough business where locals have to compete with big supermarkets. No days off. Enjoy your mornings!
40 years is a good run.
They must have been doing something right.
Good luck to them.
I wonder...
If when the pot shop opens at 430 BHA, if this place would see a huge uptick in business!
Well, Actually
There are at least three Jamaican spots between those 2 businesses, try again.
You could easily say the same
You could easily say the same not very bright thing about Wahlburgers at South Bay or any number of restaurants/etc... that are the same ~2 miles away from 430 that the bakery is.
Stereotyping neighborhoods a bit because of a street name?
I used to go for the
Large and delicious cake slices.
WILL BE MISSED....
Wow
Lenny's had the BEST yes JAMAICAN patties. Too bad. ☹
Love Lenny's Bakery. Moved to
Love Lenny's Bakery. Moved to NC 15 years ago and every time I come back to Boston or a visit, I always go to Lenny's for patties, coco bread and cheese. Best Jamaican patties in town. Huge loss for the Jamaican community.