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Maintains the active food establishment license registry
The Dean's List, the restaurant and bar inside the Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill hotel, has dropped off Boston's registry of active food establishment licenses. It was present on the list as of October 28 and has been missing from two consecutive readings since.
Updated 1 hour ago
Defendant in Lucien's separate pending federal case
James Lucien was 21 when he was convicted of the 1994 murder of Ryan Edwards and sentenced to life without parole. He spent 27 years in prison before a Suffolk County judge threw out the conviction in 2021.
Updated 2 days ago
Maintains the active food establishment license list
Cha Feo, the bubble tea shop that moved from Newbury Street to a small storefront across from Boston Common in 2025, is no longer on Boston's list of active food establishment licenses. The license was present on the list as of October 24, 2026, but missing from the two readings taken since.
Updated 3 days ago
Maintains the public active food establishment licence list used to track this closure
Pressed, the juice bar at 148 Brookline Avenue in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, appears to have closed. Its food establishment licence dropped off the city's active list between October 23 and October 25, and Google marks the address permanently closed. The city says a lapsed licence can also reflect a renewal delay, so this is a strong signal, not confirmation.
Hidden Kitchen, a breakfast and lunch spot at 535 Albany Street in Boston's South End, is no longer on the city's active food establishment license list, and Google lists the address as permanently closed. A lapsed license is an indication rather than proof of closure.
Updated 6 days ago
Issued the RFP and will manage the program
Boston is taking bids until Oct. 30 from companies that can run cameras on school buses and ticket drivers who pass them while stopped. The city's three-month pilot would put cameras on 25 buses and send warning letters before any fines.
Updated 7 days ago
Maintains the active food establishment licence list; Fresh Boston's licence dropped off in October 2026
Fresh Boston's South Boston outpost is closed. The deli, bar and liquor store at 232 Old Colony Avenue shut after nearly four years, and the address no longer appears on the city's active food establishment licence list.
License authority
Ugi's Pizza at 69 Heath St in Boston's Jamaica Plain no longer appears on the city's active food establishment license list. Its license, dated January 4, 2010, was last present on October 2 and has been missing from two consecutive readings since.
Updated Oct 15
Maintains the active food establishment license dataset
How's Your Meat, a West Roxbury barbecue spot at 5272 Washington St, has dropped off Boston's list of active food establishment licenses. It was on the list as of October 9; it has been missing from two consecutive readings since.
Updated Oct 13
A Domino's Pizza at 4640 Washington Street in West Roxbury has dropped off Boston's list of active food establishment licenses. The store was on the list as of October 9 and has been missing from two consecutive readings since.
Updated Oct 12
Implementing free shuttle expansion
Boston plans to launch free shuttle service in Allston-Brighton, the Seaport and Charlestown by early 2027, with routes for Roxbury and Mattapan still being chosen through a competitive procurement. The expansion of the city's Link program is backed by $11.5 million in federal money first awarded through the Federal Highway Administration, and aims to connect residents to MBTA stations.
Updated Oct 11
Plaintiff in the lawsuit
Boston filed a federal lawsuit on September 28 to restore a $20 million transportation grant the Trump administration revoked in September 2025. The funding was meant to redesign three major Roxbury corridors and improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and stormwater management.
Updated Oct 2
Licensing authority
Oishii Boston, a South End sushi institution for 27 years, served its last meal on Father's Day. The city's active food establishment list no longer shows its license, confirming the closure.
Updated Sep 18
Active
French Quarter, a New Orleans-style restaurant in Boston's Downtown Crossing, has closed after six years. The restaurant confirmed the shutdown in an Instagram post thanking guests and staff.
Updated Sep 17
Knight named to lead economic development office
Boston's top economic development job sat empty for seven months, and two candidates turned it down over salaries. Wu filled it Wednesday with Emily Knight, who runs The Engine, a Cambridge incubator that turns MIT research into startups.
Updated Sep 16
Issuing permits and licenses for the venue
A new eating and drinking venue called The Temp Agency has cleared a key permitting step in Boston's Financial District. The City of Boston issued its food establishment license on June 2 for the business at 100 High Street.
Updated Sep 15
Plaintiff in tax collection lawsuit against Lynch
Barbara Lynch built Boston's most celebrated restaurant empire. Now a judge has frozen eight of her bank accounts as the city tries to recover nearly $1 million in unpaid restaurant taxes.
Updated Sep 14
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