The Boston Licensing Board today approved a proposed Papa John's at 1501 Dorchester Ave. in Fields Corner after the franchisee agreed to add salads, and possibly other healthy offerings to its menu - and to require all delivery drivers to make pickups through a rear door rather than clogging up the already crowded street out front. Read more.
Update: Food-serving license approved.
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to a Papa John's franchisee for an outlet at 1501 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester's Field's Corner. Read more.
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A developer is circulating plans to replace the one-story building that now houses Forest Hills Pizza at Washington and Tower streets in Jamaica Plain with a six-story, 35-unit residential building with retail space on the ground floor. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter updates us on opposition to a proposed Papa John's francise on Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner, not because of the quality of the pizza as because it's an out-of-state business rather than something more homegrown - such as Antonio's Hi-Fi Pizza across the street. The proposed franchisee, though, is a Dorchester resident.
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the Domino's at 1514 Blue Hill Ave. extend its closing time to 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday - with delivery only via car and payment only by credit card. Read more.
The Globe reports that Sally's Apizza will be opening an outlet in the upscale wing of the South Bay Mall.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by Locale, 352 Hanover St. in the North End, to double its size by moving into the space now used by a barber shop next door. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board this morning rejected a request from Red Line Pizza on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston's Andrew Square to offer take out until 2 a.m., citing complaints from residents and police about its repeated violations of its current 11 p.m. legal closing time. Read more.
Andrew Square residents, the local police district and elected officials all oppose efforts by the owner of Red Line Pizza, on Dorchester Avenue across from the Andrew Square T stop, to legally stay open for pick-up pizza until 2 a.m., saying it's become a "magnet" that attracts the homeless, drug users and people looking for a fight in a neighborhood that already has quite enough of that - as well as a generator of rat-summoning trash. Read more.
Red Line Pizza, 582 Dorchester Ave. in South Boston, goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week for permission to extend its legal closing time from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Read more.
The Dorchester Reporter delivers the news that Fields Corner Main Streets is leading a battle to keep a Papa Johns franchise out of a vacant storefront in an area that already has several pizza places. The group says that anybody truly desperate for a Papa Johns pie can get one delivered via Uber Eats and that what the neighborhood really needs is a place that doesn't duplicate what's already available.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Italian Pizza Express, 336 Sumner St. in East Boston, plans to re-open.
Jamaica Plain is suddenly awash in pizza news. The day after Mario's held a soft opening at its new Hyde Square location comes news that the developer behind the condos going in where Doyle's used to be has a deal with Stoked Pizza to move into the ground-floor space and second-floor balcony where Forest Hills' Brassica once planned to open. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by Mario Bailote to re-open the old Oggi pizza place at 8 Perkins St. as Mario's Pizza. Read more.
Debbie Adamidis, owner of Capt. Nemo's, 367 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, reports she'll be closing on Oct. 1: Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Sally's Apizza, which has been slicing up fare since 1938, plans to open in the Seaport next year.
The manager of New York Pizza, 35 Massachusetts Ave. at Columbus Avenue, acknowledged today that not long after he called 911 to report that a panhandler who had been denied his customary free slice was refusing to leave on March 11, he called 911 back to report the man had a knife and was attempting to rob customers. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today unanimously approved a request from DaCoopas Pizza, 474 Saratoga St. to let its customers bring their own beer or wine with which to enjoy a pie or sub outdoors. Read more.
For the second time in a month, the owners of Massachusetts restaurants have been charged with "forced labor" for the slave-like conditions they allegedly subjected their undocumented. restaurant workers to. Read more.
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