Seaport Boulevard

Restaurants in the Leather District, Seaport battle over the right to misspell 'savor' in their names

By adamg - 7/17/24 - 2:00 pm

Savvor, a Caribbean and soul-food restaurant and nightclub on Lincoln Street in the Leather District, and SAVR, a "spirited American bistro" on Seaport Boulevard in the Seaport, are fighting in court over the similarity of their names - or lack thereof. Read more.

The World-Class City: Boston will soon get a place where you have to make a reservation to get ice cream

By adamg - 2/8/24 - 1:34 pm

The Boston Licensing Board today approved a request from a chain called Museum of Ice Cream to open at 121 Seaport Blvd. and to buy the beer and wine license from Dig on Boylston Street in the Back Bay. Read more.

New York-based Korean cheeseburgers and soju coming to the Seaport

By adamg - 1/31/24 - 1:16 pm

Update: Approved.

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to allow a New York restaurant that serves cheeseburgers with a kimchi-infused topping and other "Korean fusion" dishes open an outlet in the Seaport, with a bar that will serve what its lawyer said would be an extensive list of soju and other Korean liquors. Read more.

Seaport cineplex to re-open this month

By adamg - 11/2/23 - 11:25 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the new Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will open Nov. 17 where the ShowPlace Icon Theatre used to be on Seaport Boulevard. As the name implies, beer will be on offer, along with harder drinks and food.

Law firm sues landlord over Seaport lease increase

By adamg - 10/6/23 - 1:13 pm

Nutter, McLennen & Fish today sued the owner of Seaport West, the tall curved brick office building across Seaport Boulevard from the World Trade Center, over what it says is an outrageous $1-million annual rent increase. Read more.

Jamaica Plain loses another liquor license to the Seaport, for a cineplex, but one JP pub helps secure its future by buying its building

By adamg - 1/9/23 - 1:43 pm

The Boston Licensing Board last week approved plans by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to purchase the liquor license of the closed Canary Square in Jamaica Plain for the ten-screen movie complex it wants to open at 60 Seaport Blvd. - the fourth time in four years that a Seaport chain has taken a liquor license out of JP. Read more.

Possible last call for tiny Roslindale bar seeking to sell its liquor license to some planned Seaport joint

By adamg - 7/20/22 - 12:55 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Boston Licensing Board will hold a hearing next Wednesday on whether to let B.K.'s Pub on Washington Street in Roslindale sell its liquor license to Borrachito and the Garret Bar at The Superette on Seaport Boulevard, with Borrachito being your basic New York-style taco place and the Garret Bar a "speakeasy" behind that that those in the know will enter by opening what appears to be the door to a walk-in freezer, but, oops, we've said too much.

Seaport bowling-alley worker charged with slashing somebody's neck

By adamg - 5/6/22 - 10:37 pm

Suspect being put in cruiser. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports an employee at Kings on Seaport Boulevard slashed somebody in the neck around 8:30 p.m. and that police found and arrested him about a half hour later. The victim is expected to survive. Read more.

We don't suppose his GPS told him he could park there

By adamg - 4/24/22 - 9:17 pm

Shamus Moynihan ran across this example of Boston parking tonight on Seaport Boulevard.

Critical Dunkin' Donuts shortage in the Seaport could soon be eased

By adamg - 2/16/22 - 10:10 am

Update: Approved.

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let a Dunkin' Donuts franchisee open an outlet at 157 Seaport Blvd., across the street from the World Trade Center, where it formerly had an outlet that had to be shut due to extensive renovation work at the center. Read more.

Police: Man robbed of phone at fake gunpoint on Seaport Boulevard; pings lead officers to suspects a mile away

By adamg - 8/10/20 - 10:55 am

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester man and a Roxbury teen on charges they held up a man with what turned out to be a replica Glock early this morning outside the Yotel, 65 Seaport Blvd. Read more.

After punching a bowling-alley manager, man attacked EMTs who asked him why he was standing in the middle of Northern Avenue, police say

By adamg - 7/23/19 - 11:06 am

When the manager of Kings, 60 Seaport Blvd., asked Graham Atkinson to leave the establishment's bar around midnight on April 24, he became irate and punched her in the stomach - and then used an umbrella to smack a bouncer who came to her aid before fleeing, the bowling alley's lawyer and police said this morning. Read more.

Pedestrian hit on Seaport Boulevard

By adamg - 2/22/19 - 11:10 pm

The crosswalk on Seaport Boulevard. Photo by Joe Phalen.

On Seaport Boulevard at Sleeper Street, shortly before 10 p.m. The homicide and fatal-accident units were called in due to the severity of the woman's injuries.

City says it can flood-proof South Boston as seas rise

By adamg - 10/17/18 - 10:13 am

How to protect Seaport Boulevard from flooding

Creative seawalls could protect Seaport Boulevard and provide new seating for pedestrians.

The city today released plans for keeping rising seas from reclaiming all the parts of South Boston that sit on fill - which is much of the neighborhood. Read more.

Somerville man charged with driving in Seaport with loaded gun

By adamg - 9/10/18 - 10:36 am

Boston Police report arresting a Somerville man after finding a gun in a storage area in his car door early this morning. Read more.