17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
A late-night taqueria opens in the Seaport, and the Comfort Kitchen team expands to Allston
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The aesthetic is New England summer camp, per a rep, though the menu will be slightly more sophisticated than communal cabin fare: lobster rolls, fried clams, noodle bowls, and rotisserie chicken. Look for it in May.
Finally, the team behind Dorchester's
Comfort Kitchen
will open a new project at
Harvard's Enterprise Research Campus in Allston (100 Western Ave.), led by co-owners Biplaw Rai and Nyacko Pearl Perry. More details are forthcoming; look for it in 2026.
Openings
: Elsewhere in Seaport news, Korean gastropub
Nowon
Madras Dosa
). The Manhattan export serves double smash burgers topped with kimchi sauce, chopped cheese rice cakes, fried chicken buns, and bacon-and-kimchi fried rice. There are drinks, too: Try a Yin Yang with miso tequila, or browse a vast mocktail menu. They'll start with dinner service, followed by lunch, late-night, and brunch.
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Bertucci's Pronto
, a fast-casual concept at Government Center (22 Tremont St.) from the venerable pizza chain, stages a grand opening on Wednesday, April 23. In addition to pizzas and salads, Pronto also serves commuter-friendly breakfasts: asparagus tarts, hash browns, and breakfast pizzas. And on Boston Common,
Flour
has opened its newest branch (1B Charles St.), open weekdays from 7 a.m. and weekends from 8 a.m.
Dumpling Daughter will be at the Snowport this year.
Ellysia Francovitch Photography
Dinner and a show
: Boston Calling's music lineup throws it back to the 1990s with Sheryl Crow and TLC, but the food and drink lineup is decidedly modern, with plenty of new offerings:
Sally's Apizza
(coal-fired pizza);
Pennypacker's
(Italian sandwiches);
Flip the Bird
(fried chicken sandwiches);
New England Provisions
(lobster rolls);
Summer Shack
(seafood); and
Amelia's Acai
(organic acai bowls).
Blackbird Doughnuts
,
Chicken & Rice Guys
,
Dumpling Daughter
,
Jaju Pierogi
,
Naco Taco
,
Roxy's Grilled Cheese
,
Smoke Shop BBQ
,
Tasty Burger
, and
The Sausage Guy
return for encores alongside
Love Art Sushi
,
FoMu
ice cream, and lots more.
Platinum ticketholders can feast on menus from chefs like Tom Berry (
Mariel
), Joanne Chang (
Flour
), Will Gilson (
Puritan & Co
.), Ken Oringer (
Coppa
), and
Brendan Pelley
(
Bar Vlaha
). Get tickets at
Kara Baskin can be reached at