Boston Restaurant and Bar Closings, June 2024

by Ismail Hodge
Boston Restaurant and Bar Closings, June 2024

This periodic column rounds up restaurant closures in and round Boston. Compensate for extra information about closures within the Boston space right here.

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BEACON HILL — After over 30 years in enterprise, Beacon Hill stalwart Savenor’s Butcher Store & Market, famously referred to as Julia Baby’s go-to butcher in Boston, has closed down. The information comes after a current change in possession when native seafood purveyor Wulf’s Fish acquired the Savenor’s business in Might. Savenor’s second location in Cambridge stays open.

DOWNTOWN CROSSING — After practically 30 years, Downtown Crossing mainstay Silvertone Bar & Grill is asking it quits. Proprietor David Savoie told the Boston Globe that the choice was made as a result of workplace crowds that by no means returned to the neighborhood within the wake of the pandemic. The bar shut down on June 1, after which, in a heartwarming transfer, briefly re-opened for the Celtics parade later within the month earlier than formally formally turning off the lights.

FENWAY — Chef and restaurateur Tiffani Faison shut down her disco-ready pizzeria, Tenderoni’s, after 18 months in enterprise. A smaller outpost of the pizza store stays open in downtown Boston meals corridor Excessive Avenue Place.

KENDALL SQUARE — Homeowners Peter and Colleen McCarthy shut down native farm-to-table pioneer EVOO (named after the acronym for additional virgin olive oil) and next-door pizzeria Za on June 1 and June 14, respectively. An Arlington location of Za, close to the McCarthys’ residence, is staying open, based on the Boston Globe.

MATTAPAN — Hometown hero Pit Cease Barbecue is not any extra. The native Southern-style barbecue legend, open for over 30 years in Mattapan, closed up store earlier this yr. “After a few years of serving the neighborhood, it was a tricky choice to make, however one which was finest for our scenario,” the staff defined in response to prospects mourning the loss on Instagram. “The workforce and entrepreneurial markets aren’t what they was once, so seeing the longer term as a worthwhile one for Pit Cease Barbecue was a stretch at finest.”

QUINCY — La Paloma, a Mexican establishment in Quincy, is closing down after 41 years to ensure that house owners Michael Walsh and Stephen Dwyer to retire and spend extra time with their households, based on the Boston Globe. The restaurant’s final day of service is June 29.

QUINCY — One other native icon, the Wheelhouse Diner, is serving its final plates of corned beef hash and eggs on June 30 after an almost 80-year run. The closure comes within the wake of a months-long dispute between the proprietor and the owner, which resulted within the eviction of the enterprise, MassLive.com reports.

SOUTH END — Chef and restaurateur Michael Serpa has ceased operations at Atlantico, his four-year-old seafood-focused tapas spot that took its inspiration from the Iberian Peninsula. Serpa’s different eating places Little Whale and Choose Oyster Bar, each in Again Bay, stay open. Atlantico’s final day open was June 14.

WEST END — Porters Bar & Grill has closed this month after over 24 years in enterprise. Not too shabby of a run, because the staff put it in a Facebook post saying the closure. Its final day in operation was June 22.

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