The new owners say they plan on keeping all 130 remaining Friendly's locations open, while adding new menu options and ice cream flavors.
Shaw set up the Winter Restaurant Fund, organizing a GoFundMe page, selling t-shirts and sweatshirts to help his staff get through March.
Esquire has identified 100 restaurants it said America can't afford to lose — and five of them are in Massachusetts.
Some of these restaurants had been fixtures in Massachusetts for decades. Then the coronavirus pandemic happened.
“We owe it to ourselves and our community to make sure we’re doing the right things,” said Dorchester Brewing Company owner Matt Malloy.
Five lawmakers on Beacon Hill are calling to shutdown all indoor non-essential businesses due to the COVID-19.
Outdoor dining is finished through the winter, but restaurants will have the opportunity to bring it back for most of 2021.
The 2021 Outdoor Dining Pilot Program season will begin on April 1, 2021, or earlier if weather permits, and will end on December 1, 2021.
As coronavirus cases go up by the day in Massachusetts, the city of Boston is mulling plans to pause indoor dining for 14 to 21 days.
City leaders are looking at "how they might tighten restrictions on some of the reopening efforts."
The easing of restrictions comes as state health officials keep a watchful eye on slowly increasing coronavirus numbers.
Arcades had been slated to reopen in the fourth phase of the state's reopening plan, which was dependent on a medical breakthrough.
"If the customers aren’t there then the rules on some level ... at the end of the day aren’t going to solve the problem," Baker said.
The popular bar is among several to have recently closed on Boylston Street leading up to the Boston Marathon finish line.
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The beloved sports bar in the shadow of TD Garden has closed its doors for good.
McGreevy’s, which has been pouring drinks since 1894, survived Prohibition and the Great Depression but not the coronavirus.
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Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill Monday that will allow restaurants to sell mixed drinks with takeout and delivery food orders.
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Steven Peljovich, the owner of Michael’s Deli, said a small group of customers is making life hard by not respecting the rules.
Dunkin' is closing 450 locations nationwide, all of which are located in Speedway gas stations.
Uno's opened in Boston in 1979 on Boylston Street. Now that location is closed.
The iconic bar raised more than expected.
Indoor dining carries a different set of risks for customers, workers and vendors. Here are Massachusetts' rules and guidelines.
Phantom Gourmet CEO Dave Andelman made several statements critical of the recent George Floyd protests in Boston.
Bars were originally categorized in Phase 3 of the governor's reopening plan, but they have been pushed to Phase 4 instead.
Outdoor dining can start at the beginning of phase two, while indoor dining will have to wait.
More than 100 restaurant owners signed a letter asking Gov. Charlie Baker to let them begin reopening their dining rooms next week.
Until the end of the coronavirus crisis, Bay State restaurants can sell beer and wine alongside takeout or curbside pickup orders.
The James Beard Foundation has released its list of semifinalists, including a dozen in Massachusetts.
While there has only been one confirmed case of coronavirus in Massachusetts, fears of the virus have hurt restaurants in Chinatown.
New England beer lovers don’t have to go far to find a great brew.
A bustling kitchen is not hard to find in Boston’s Chinatown.
National Pizza Day 2020 is Sunday. Here’s where to get a free or discounted slice of your favorite pie.
The popular venues are closing April 18, according to The Boston Globe.
National Pizza Week is observed annually during the second full week of January, and this year it’s taking place from Jan. 12 to Jan. 18.
The South Boston landmark along the waterfront opened in 1917.
The Daily Meal compiled a list of the nation's most anticipated restaurants of 2020. Boston foodies will be glad to know there's one nearby.
Warren's "only medical condition" is an underactive thyroid gland, her doctor wrote.