Friday, May 24, 2013
A round up of North Shore restaurant and food news.
When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities. Here's our round up of the area's latest food news: Restaurants can live or die on whether they get the right kind of booze license. That's why it's such good news for Tex-Mex fans that Marblehead's Casa Corona just got a full liquor license. Before, they had only a BYOB license. There's sweet news out of the Garden City — Winfrey's has brought their famous chocolate and candies to Cabot Street. And the new location isn't just for retail. The facility will soon open a production area adjacent to the store. Lots of food news recently in Lynnfield and Wakefield. Slice Pizza has …
Friday, April 26, 2013
A round up of North Shore restaurant and food news.
When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities. Here's our round up of the area's latest food news: I've never thought of getting cotton candy outside of a state fair, but Washington Street's Candy Pop Sweet Shoppe has added more than a dozen flavors of the stuff. A big piece of news is that, come summer, Palmers at the Warwick is scheduled to open. The restaurant will be alongside a new movie theater. It will be a coastal outpost of the famous Palmers in Andover. The impresario behind it all, Chef John Palmers Ingalls, is a Swampscott native. Watch out, when you go through Peabody. You might get hit by one of the yogurt …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Selectmen approve transfer of unneeded VFW liquor license to new restaurant (which will have a movie theater too).
Palmers Restaurant, owned by Chef John Palmer Ingalls, won approval Wednesday night of a common victualer license and the transfer of a license from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post to the restaurant. The approval required a two-step process by the Board of Selectmen. The Chaplain Lyman Rollins Post #2005 VFW at 321 West Shore Drive was granted a new All Alcoholic Beverage License, which was then transferred to the Warwick Entertainment, doing business as Palmers at the Warwick. The VFW held the rights to the town-issued liquor license, although it did not really need it. The post met all the requirements passed by Congress for a "War Veterans Club License." The VFW could not hold two licenses. So it had one liquor license to sell to …
Friday, April 5, 2013
A round up of North Shore restaurant and food news.
When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities. Here's our round up of the area's latest food news: Several North Shore Patch editors visited the Yelp sites for their communities and pulled together the top restaurants according to the anonymous, crowd-sourced review site. Take a look at the post for your community and see if you agree with the Yelp masses: Marblehead (Top restaurant: 5 Corners Kitchen) North Andover (Top restaurant: Sultan Mediterranean Cafe) Beverly (Top restaurant: Nick's Roast Beef) Danvers (Top restaurant: Nine Elm American Bistro) Peabody (Top restaurant: The Little Depot Diner) Salem (Top restaurant: …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A fresh fruit bar and a lactose/gluten/fat/cholesterol-free treat join the hot dogs, ice cream and yogurt line-up this season at Popo's Hot Dogs in Swampscott.
What with Tuesday's snow day and icy conditions on the roads this morning, it's easy to forget that today is the first day of spring. For a tangible sign that the season really is changing, Marbleheaders need look no further than the next town over. The open screen door and ice cream cone sign now hanging outside Popo's Hot Dogs signaled two things for the Swampscott landmark: spring is upon us and Popo's is open. Actually, the Humphrey Street restaurant has been open since March 9 — a welcome sign for hot dog aficionados and ice cream lovers. Store Manager Jackie Coppola said Popo's/Kell's Kreme is serving a relatively new product — it was introduced late last season — called Dole Whip. It tastes like a soft-serve sherbert and is lactose/…
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Friday, March 15, 2013
A round up of North Shore restaurant and food news.
When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities. Here's our round up of the area's latest food news: Italian food for a reasonable price in a family atmosphere might not be the most original restaurant idea — but it's working for the small Massachusetts chain Comella's. Their newest outpost is supposed to open any day on Atlantic Avenue. I can't think of bowling without it putting me in mind of my favorite movie, The Big Lebowski. Now we learn that the Kings coming to MarketStreet Lynnfield has been approved for an all-alcohol license. Which means you can order a Caucasian and toast The Dude at their bar when it opens in …
Saturday, March 2, 2013
A round up of North Shore restaurant and food news.
When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities. Here's our round up of the area's latest food news: There's a new breakfast destination in Marblehead. Don't let the name fool you — Terry's Old Fashion Ice Cream now offers bagels, eggs, pancakes and even homemade sweet bread. The guy who runs Whole Foods — the Swampscott outpost of which is a mainstay for my wife and me — is out with a book arguing that business is under attack in America. I could do without the Ayn Rand fever-dreams from co-CEO John Mackey, who spoke in Boston on the subject recently. But the guy sure does deliver a nice selection of happy animals and lovely …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Bankruptcy trustee for popular bar and restaurant asks Board of Selectmen to renew license so it could be auctioned off.
The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 this week not to renew the full liquor license owned until last fall by Sweeney's Retreat. That vote was a disappointment to the bankruptcy trustee, who wanted to auction off the full liquor license to raise money to pay off the creditors of Sweeney's Retreat. It is likely to set off a fight before the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and before the federal bankruptcy court. Kathleen Cruickshank with the law firm of Murphy & King, the trustee for the Sweeney's Retreat bankruptcy, said her firm is "trying to avoid litigation" over the license renewal. "We prefer to work consensually." The Sweeney's Retreat license, one of 20 the state allocates to Marblehead, came up for renewal on Nov. 30…
A round up of North Shore restaurant and food news.
When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities. Here's our round up of the area's latest food news: Haley's Market Cafe opened this month after extensive work on the space formerly occupied by the Rockhopper Cafe. By the end of the year, the North Shore will have a mammoth new shopping and entertainment complex, MarketStreet at Lynnfield. You've probably seen the signs as you drive along 128. Lynnfield Patch recently learned several of the restaurants that will be opening there: Salem-based foodie Jade Mason continues to come out with great recipes. From a young age, she learned to cook Greek food. Most recently she parleyed …
Friday, February 1, 2013
A round up of North Shore restaurant and food news.
When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities. Here's our round up of the area's latest food news: As if do-it-yourself frozen yogurt wasn't enough of a draw for the younger set, the Orange Leaf in Marblehead has started offering free arts and crafts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day. Beachside frozen yogurt and waffles? Check. O-YO Frozen Yogurt could open as soon as the end of February. Patrons of Brodie's Seaport Cafe are celebrating that venue's success in getting a seasonal all-alcohol license. The Derby Street spot already had a beer and wine permit. The new license lets them serve the hard stuff between April 1 and Jan…
John Buba
1:16 pm on Friday, April 26, 2013
How did Palmer's get its Liquor license? How did the VFW suddenly find itself with two licenses? How much did Palmer's pay the VFW for it? And was the license offered to Casa Corona who was here first and just had to pay $65K for their license at an auction? Did Palmers agree to come here on the HOPE that they might get a license? Something does not seem quite right here. As the Church Lady on … more ›