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The burrito war starts tomorrow in Cleveland Circle when the new Chipotle, at 1924 Beacon Street, celebrates their opening with free burritos from 11 am to 8 pm.
If you go … stop back and let me know how long the line was and if you liked the burrito.
I stopped by today about noon [...]
Presentation School Foundation gets new director
Tom O’Brien replaces Jennifer Doyle as PSF’s president. Doyle still serves on the PSF’s board and now also chairs the fundraising committee.
Two stabbed at I-Hop
Boston police say one man was stabbed in the hand and the other was stabbed in the abdomen at the IHOP restaurant on Soldiers Field Road just after 5 p.m., WBZ-TV reports.
$3000 illegal dumping fine
ISD has just reported that it issued a $3000 illegal dumping fine to a New Hampshire company for illegally dumping construction debris at 12 Sheppard St. Brighton. Check back at wickedlocal.com/allston for more info.
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Quinn does Japanese
Jerry Quinn of the Kells is opening a whole new kind of establishment, featuring Japanese food and geared toward a more upscale crowd.
No more plastic bags at Whole Foods
More news from Whole Foods:
The grocery store chain announced the checkouts of all of its stores in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. would be plastic-bag free by Earth Day (April 22).
Chocolate Fest comes to Whole Foods
Whole Foods in Brighton is having Chocolate Fest Feb. 8, 3-6 p.m. (just in time for Valentine’s Day). There will be demos and a chance to sample all things chocolate. I’m going!
Cash for good grades?
Last fall, the Allston-Brighton TAB ran a story about the Keys for Success program run at Brighton High by Ray Ciccolo’s Village Automotive Group. The program allows students who have perfect attendance or make the honor roll to win prizes and, at the end of the year, even a car. MSN.com has an interesting discussion [...]
Sex and the City…in the 70s?
If you can’t get enough of Sex and the City and debates about love, marriage and commitment, WGBH will be showing an old take on what we think of as a twenty-first century issue:
Great Performances presents the era-defining Stephen Sondheim classic
Company
Wednesday, February 20 at 9-11:30pm on WGBH 2
Long before “Sex [...]
Throwing each other for fun
The women in the Boston League of Women’s Wrestlers enjoy taking falls for fun. Don’t believe me? Then check out this video, where Green Line Greta (real name: Steph Myers) explains why these ladies love leg locks.
Be sure to check them out at Church, 69 Kilmarnock St., Boston, on Saturday, Jan. 19. The show [...]
Stolen underwear?
Come on! Were these thieves planning on actually wearing this! That’s disgusting. From this week’s police log:
A 24-year-old woman reported that 10 bras and all of her underwear were stolen from a laundry facility at 219 Harvard Ave. around 7 p.m. on Jan. 8 while the victim went home to get more laundry. The victim [...]
Wellness Resolution raises $2,000
The Wellness Resolution, a fundraiser to benefit the multiple sclerosis and the Accelerated Cure Project, raised over $2,000 this past Sunday.
Although the organizers didn’t get the mayor in a Pilates machine like they hoped, they did get state Rep. Kevin Honan to try out the inversion table.
Based on the success, organizer Cher Kore said the [...]
He’s so… melty
Seen on Beacon Street tonight near Cleveland Circle:
If you couldn’t tell, the snowman has twigs for arms and a New Year’s party hat on, which no snowman should be without this time of year.
Two years jail for burn suspect
The man suspected of setting a woman on fire at an Allston party in April 2005 has been sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for witness intimidation after threatening her life (he was found not guilty of setting her on fire, though). A story is coming shortly.
Update: Here’s that story.
