Fantastic home cooking. The Lincoln was not the name of the stand at first it was the Hypolet Roadside Stand which was her husbands name. Inevitably, other beloved stores and eateries were less fortunate and had to close their doors. McMenamys Falmouth. Popular place to go after classical music concerts we would come over from Boston. Deep Ellum: This popular Allston hangout, renowned for its beer list and welcoming patio, has given way to its sibling and neighbor, Lone Star Taco Bar, which will expand into the Deep Ellum space. Swensons ice cream Faneuil Hall, The Dome Woods Hole. It has my favorite fried seafood in the Cape. Gaslight: The South End has lost one of its Gallic mainstays, a bistro once graced by Tom Cruise, among others. Heck Allens is much missed, and even its replacement, Spuds, is now gone and my husband and I and several friends used to go there often. Comments as wonderful as article. You get an all-you-can-eat salad bar for one reasonable price. I miss their cold garlic broccoli salad and chilled red wine in pitchers. Brighams was up the street from.my house in Lynn, wed go for our birthdays. Great memories of that places. ! Liz White Welch, What now-closed restaurant do you miss the most?Were putting together a list of our readers favorite gonebut not, Posted by Boston.com onTuesday, August 8, 2017, Last call: What now-closed restaurant do you miss the most?Were (finally) putting together a list of our readers, Posted by Boston.com onWednesday, January 10, 2018. When William Filene opened his first department store - Filene's - in 1890, it was similar to all its other Boston competitors. And the English Tea Room on Newbury Street! So, at the sound of the drum, please join me in singing Kevin a very happy birthday!. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement. The Pewter Pot chowder was excellent. By 1938, the Kimballs had added turkey sandwiches and ice cream to its offerings, and after those were met with high demand, they opened a restaurant in 1940, serving their own turkeys and other fare. When we came back Does anyone recall The Buttery or Seniors Pizza in Kenmore Square? And last, because its Christmas, Filenes would have dinner with Santa which was the greatest treat of all. My family would dine there occasionally and it was always a special treat. Among the most famous of now-closed New England restaurants is Durgin-Park, a Faneuil Hall favorite for nearly two centuries before it shuttered in 2019. Owned by Borghild Anderson. This 1874 building was supposed to be knocked down, but preservationists campaigned against this move and were able to save the top three floors of the faade. Follow John Hutchings on Instagram @jlh1918. My cousins husband Eric and his brothers Frank and Biddle Thompson owned Snow Inn and Thompson Brothers Clam Bar in Harwich Port. Buzzys Roast Beef is gone and the Liberty hotel now occupies its place. Yes!! It was such a treat to go there! I recall a several course wine dinner there around the mid 80s with a staff of about twenty waiters and waitresses who never missed a beat. "A lot of folks are mourning this closure as the last of dirty old Boston, but this . Greatly miss so many,this topic really stirs memories for a lot of us,..how about Dinos Sea Grill on Tremont Street Boston? Commodore was great, as was the General Glover House in ? There were so many and I miss them all. It was across from the Plymouth public beach area. Jack & Marions in Brookline and Fantasias in Cambridge. Dont know about up a hill, but you could mean Berts Landing..just next to the beach access. Another local seafood mecca was Yokens on Route 1 in Portsmouth. There used to be a fried clam shack in what is now called the Pavilion at Saybrook Point, right across the parking lot from the Fort Saybrook Monument Park in Old Saybrook, CT. Following the 1877 deaths of Durgin and Park, Chandler and his heirs ran the restaurant until 1945. In the late 70s the Athens Olympia was a mainstay for lunch for my co-workers & I. He would Fall in love,get married, start a family,buy a house in the suburbs..And with the skills he had learned,would open a diner or other restaurant there,sometimes a fish house,sometimes a full range of food.. And so on,spawning dozens,even hundreds of dining halls throughout New England..nobody knows how many for sure,a list was never kept.. [Photo: Facebook] Open in Google Maps. J.J. Foley's: The Most Authentic Irish Pub. There was always a line outside waiting to go inside for a wonderful dinner. Receive the latest news and breaking updates, straight from our newsroom to your inbox. ! Elizabeth Hunter Vasco, The iconic Fontaines chicken sign, which was a Boston landmark until 2005, greets visitors to @culinarymuseum! And Sherrys in Quincy along with Morey Pearls, 7 Es and while the food might not be great, going to Howdys was quite the experience, especially Friday nights when the cars would back into the spaces for show off time. And the Wurst House in Harvard Square. I always thot Howard Johnson had the best ice cream, especially their unbeatable Mocha Chip! We ate there a couple of times . The store concentrated on classic goods and, in the 1970s, several other branches opened throughout Greater Boston. How about ye old Wilton Diner, Wilton NH Good to know its still going strong. The lure? The chocolate loving Dutch have been eating them for breakfast on toast for decades. This is where I spent my teens years in the 80s. And where I discovered that pesto is fantastic especially on a toasted roll with turkey and cheese. 20 Best Things to Do in New England in March, 10 Best Things to Do in The Spring in New England, 40 Cozy Fireside Experiences in New England, Gone-But-Not-Forgotten New England Amusement Parks, https://www.tfrecipes.com/jordan-marsh-macaroon/, Yankee Magazines Ultimate Guide to Autumn in New England, Yankee Magazines Ultimate New England Winter Guide, Yankee Magazines Ultimate New England Summer Guide, 63 Reasons Why We Love the Cape & Islands, For $14 Million, You Could Own Provincetowns Iconic Lobster Pot Restaurant. And now, more than 3,000 Facebook comments later, weve compiled 13 that stood out the most, based on the number of comments and reactions to those comments. When it was built, it supposedly replaced a nearby tavern burned down by the British troops either during the Battle of Bunker Hill or another Revolutionary War skirmish. I seem to remember that, please correct me if I am wrong. The best veal parmigiana! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This setting should only be used on your home or work computer. God bless them for locating great places to eat, mostly from Yankee Magazine. Stillit I ever got back to Massachusetts, it would have been well worth going to several times! Cheers Faneuil Hall: The Faneuil Hall location's bar was a replica of the one that appeared on the set of the TV show. Also the Magic Pan with their amazing crepes and Soups. John Durgin and Eldridge Park took that over in 1827 (a third partner, John Chandler, came aboard in 1840, but by then it was apparently too late to add his name). Im looking for the coconut macaroon recipe from Jordan Marsh or Filenes??? Blacksmith shop in Whitman/North River House in ?Pembroke/Isaacs & Burts in Plymouth, MA, Honisss was our go to restaurant for many years. Under =Boston Restaurants are 2 Downtown Scandinavian ones; Olas,14 Carver St ,Park Square and the one I think you are remembering.. I miss her and her restaurant. Baileys, both in Harvard Square and downtown, was a regular stop in my youth: grilled cheese, fish chowder, and cone-shaped scoops of ice cream in an old-style silver cup with handle. The gleaming stainless diner was a family stop on every trip to-and-fro Providence and Portland Always a thrill to be the first to spot the big red DINER sign Finding a table always toward the right, passing truckers straddling stools at the long pink counter. Cafeteria Boston: One of the city's most popular see-and-be-seen spots has permanently closed after 13 years on Newbury Street. There is now a daycare center where it once stood, at the corner of Waltham Street and Concord Avenue. By 5PM every day there was a line a mile long to get in. This week, Old Sully's was boarded up on Union Street, and many reports in the Town and out of the Town suggested that the bar had finally closed for good. Lived in Buxton for years and made the trip to Coles on a weekly basis. Yes!! We loved going to Durgin Park for the food and to interact with the tourists who were invariably nice, interesting, and often clueless about what made Boston, well, Boston. Locals never had a chance to bid farewell to these local restaurants and bars. That is one restaurant my husband and I really miss! ), then at a new location near the Aquaruim. Does anyone else have memories to share of SANDYS? The rooms were big, the drinks were big, and the food was big (the standard-size sirloin was 18 ounces, but much larger cuts were available as well). Pewter Pot! There was a Yokens in Danvers , Mass in the early 70s . No one mentioned Vinny Ts they had restaurants in Worcester and Lexington. The most elegant, continental style, second Prime Rib if you finished the first- The Brook Manor Super special dining for special occasions! Too far from my home in Wakefield. It was a hit from the start, and before long the stores popularity soared to the point that on some busy days the police had to be called on for crowd control. This department store was established in the 1840s, but moved to Tremont Street in 1910. Durgin-Park, a staple in Bostons Faneuil Hall since 1827, closed its doors on January 12, 2019. At the time of its closing, it was the second-oldest restaurant in Boston (behind Union Oyster House, 1826) and the fifth-oldest in the country. The first time I had a Lobster Out was in Dinis. And, how about the Redwing in Foxboro ! No one has equaled their coffee ice cream. Hilltop Steak House was founded in 1961 by a butcher named Frank Giuffrida, and it was popular from the start. Great place. It offered fresh seafood and good value - although the average taxpayer was probably still taken aback to learn that Massachusetts governor Edward King spent $1,200 on Dini's lobster and crab salad sandwiches delivered to his office! Sad to think of these iconic restaurants are no longer around. Wicked yummy! The Boston-Area Bars and Restaurants That Have Closed (Or Are Closing), Spring 2022 Tracking eating and drinking establishments that won't reopen by Stephanie Carter Updated Apr 27, 2022,. I miss them both. Saugus! Was sad to hear Brighams closed. Excellent, my mom and her friend Marge took me there when I was expecting my first baby, a special day! Check out their farewell post on Instagram. Also Newport Creamery and there was a restaurant I used to go with in New London CT with my grandma that is now a bank. Among Brighams claims to fame was popularizing or perhaps even creating jimmies as an ice cream topping. I cant remember the name. You go downstairs. That was also my introduction to Greek food. Thanks for the memories of all. Also York Steak House!! And even though my birthday is in March and they were hard to find that time of year, my dad presented me with a corsage of fresh violets. Post 390: One of the Back Bay's most popular spots for expense account dining and corporate gatherings has turned off its fireplace for good. Mocha chip my all time favorite. Dad would go there traveling from Maine to Boston daily for work, back when it was just a diner. There were road signs telling you it was coming up ahead. And for dessert, you couldnt go wrong with Durgin-Parks Indian pudding. Hoping someone takes an interest in Durgin Park and re-open it again A shame to see a legend fade away. I think it was called The Robins Nest.
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