Seaport Restaurant Review: Gather in a Cozy Enclave
By Richard Campbell It’s a little tough to find reasonable restaurants in the Seaport that are more sophisticated than glorified junk food and more accessible than pricy establishments. District Hall’s Restaurant, Gather, isn’t exactly a bargain, but for tasteful dinner and lunch, it represents a reasonable compromise. Starting with the small, but resourceful wine list, you can find a reasonable [...]
Finding the Center: The South Boston Branch Library
By Richard Campbell While members of the community give the South Boston Branch Library positive ratings on service, and in general the atmosphere of the library is welcoming, we hold the position that the library facilities of the South Boston Branch are in need of major improvement. It is very hard to ignore the fact that in South Boston, the [...]
Beautifully Festive Scenes on 2017 Laboure House Tours
By Rick Winterson The 27th Annual Laboure House Tours have come and gone once again. In South Boston, these much-anticipated events have always foreshadowed Advent and a joyous Christmas Season. The Tours in the Year of Our Lord 2017 were no different. In fact, they might have been better – person after person who went on this year’s tour commented [...]
West Broadway Development Gets Community Review
by Richard Campbell Monday night two meetings were held by the Boston Planning and Development Agency BPDA concerning new housing developments on West Broadway. First was the Impact Advisory Group Meeting at the Laboure Center, and the second was a public meeting for citizen stakeholders at the Condon School. Both meetings were to review a major demolition and rebuilding project [...]
South Boston Bulletin: Small Business Saturday, 2017
by Rick Winterson There is a certain insanity to “Cyber Monday”, the Monday of November’s final week. Yes, we live in a cyber-influenced age, but blending this into the Winter Holiday Season is a bit extreme in our opinion. Even more insane is so-called “Black Friday”, which was originally confined to the Friday after Thanksgiving. Over the last few [...]
Luke’s Lobsters Opens in Seaport
By Richard Campbell Serving a fresh lobster roll is deceptively simple, and you know this is true because so many times when restaurants try it, they yuck it up with fillers and nonsense. With three generations of lobsterman behind him and dozens of restaurants, Luke Holden’s product is the real thing. Readers may already be familiar with this signature restaurant, [...]