Boston Restaurant Talk reports A Sanctuary Cafe, 80 Charles St., has opened, with two rooms - one a bookstore with tables where you can sip coffee, the other a room full of cats you can sit among and pet, with a picture window between the two so the cat-averse can still watch the kitties while not getting exposed to their dander. Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved one chef's plans for a new, locally sourced restaurant at 39 Charles St. on Beacon Hill and for a hummus take-out shop right next door. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the King and I, which had been serving Thai food at 145 Charles St. on Beacon Hill for more than 40 years, closed a couple days ago.
Boston Police report arresting a man on charges he stabbed somebody in the stomach outside the Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., around 4 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.
Mark Garfinkel captured the box truck emblazoned with giant lobster claws whose driver ignored onramp warning signs and so slammed into a Storrow Drive bridge today.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved the replacement of Bin 26 Enoteca, 26 Charles St. on Beacon Hill with a new restaurant serving food its attorney says will be based on "the rich culture and cuisine of the Basque region of northern Spain," from the Pyrenees mountains to the Bay of Biscay. Read more.
Baker describes cat cafe as one cat describes its disinterest.
Update: Food-serving license approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to grant a food-serving license to A Sanctuary Cafe, 80 Charles St. on Beacon Hill, which will combine a place for people to play and visit with 10 to 15 cats, sip coffee and eat pastries and browse books for sale - although not in the same room. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a Liberty Hotel guest who allegedly responded to an innocent question from a woman at the hotel bar that he had a bomb in his suitcase Wednesday night. Read more.
Passerby took this photo of the mangled bike still by the side of the road about 25 minutes later.
A woman bicycling through Charles Circle at Cambridge and Charles streets was hit by the driver of a dump truck who kept going - until he was flagged down by state troopers around 8:30 a.m. yesterday. Read more.
Teddy Kokoros took in the Greek Independence Day parade down Boylston and Charles streets today.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports on plans for a proposed Nite Life Cafe at 89 Charles St. on Beacon Hill - and reminds us that that's the same name as a Hanover Street joint where two men were murdered as they tried to rustle up bail money for Joe "The Animal" Barbosa in 1966.
Steve Cooper posts video of one store owner running across Charles Street to rip the spray paint out of the hand of a daylight tagger (audio is NSFW).
A roving UHub correspondent decided discretion was the better part of driving valor and turned around when he saw how flooded St. Thomas More Road, between the BC lower campus and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, was after today's torrent. Read more.
The owner of the former Beacon Hill Pub on Charles Street is asking a judge to throw out a "neighbor agreement" that currently mandates that any bar there close by midnight, now that Boston has a nightlife czar charged with increasing late-night opportunities for denizens thirsty for adult beverages. Read more.
The owner of 151 Charles St. on Beacon Hill yesterday sued the owner of the neighboring 149 Charles St., for what it says is illegal digging in that building's basement, which it claims removed some supports for its building, forcing it to evacuate the tenants who had not already moved after their floors started warping, their walls started cracking and doors and windows stopped closing all the way. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal this morning unanimously approved plans for a new Charles Street business that would combine a cafe, a small bookshop and a lounge where people could book hour-long appointments to spend time with up to ten cats. Read more.
Update: Beer and wine license approved.
Kured, which has been serving up "fast casual" charcuterie boards at 83 Charles St. on Beacon Hill since last year, learns tomorrow whether it can begin offering beer and wine to go with what people in other neighborhoods might call party platters. Read more.
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