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Bill Nemroff, the former owner of Cedar Street Bistro, which was recently sold, has joined the Niche Hospitality Group and will be putting together a new menu for Citizen. Nemroff will also assist Executive Chef Steve Champagne in his day-to-day duties.
The Emerald Isle on Worcester’s Millbury St. abruptly closed its doors in early August. The restaurant/club was located in the former Messier’s Diner, a Worcester landmark, for generations.
The Sweet Life at Café Dolce just got better. According to owner Michael Carrigan, the Shrewsbury Street dessert café has a new and expanded wine list as well as a craft beer list. All the wines and beers go perfectly with Café Dolce’s desserts.
Christos and Nusa Dimopoulos, owners of Zorba’s Pizza in Charlton, will open another Zorba’s at the former site of Christos Restaurant on Stafford St. The restaurant most likely won’t open until the end of the year after a complete rehab. It will be a full service restaurant with seating for about 200.
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has named Worcester as one of the top ten vegan-friendly small cities in American and pointed out Nancy Chang’s and the Loving Hut ~ both on Chandler St. ~ as well as the Belmont Vegetarian Restaurant on Belmont St. in their praise.
The sign on the door says, “Closed for renovations,” but we hear that Zipango, a sushi restaurant on Shrewsbury St., has been sold. The current owner is Frank Carrier, who rumor has it has sold the eatery to a group that is going to keep the name and concept. Stay tuned.
It appears that the New Ping’s Garden in Worcester’s Seven Hills Plaza recently shut down after a scathing article in the Telegram & Gazette. When we tried to reach the restaurant’s owners, the phone was disconnected. In its heyday, Ping’s was a pretty decent restaurant ~ but a change in ownership caused numerous issues, the latest being with the Worcester
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Alice’s Bistro has opened in the space that until recently housed the Hamilton Bistro on Worcester’s Hamilton St. The simple menu is classic Italian, with Risotto Del Mare taking its place along with Fettuccine Alfredo and Homemade Lasagna. Everything is priced under $14 and it is BYOB.
Chain restaurant the Olive Garden, an Italian themed restaurant, is set to open next to the new super Wal-Mart right off of Route 146 in Worcester’s Quinsigamond Village section.
The Sakhat family celebrates 20 years in business. The first El Basha was opened by the parents of the current owners, brother s John, George and Eli, 20 years ago on Belmont St. in Worcester. Today they have the first restaurant plus one on Park Ave and one in Westboro. They also own Haiku a Sushi restaurant, which is also
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The second Worcester Restaurant Week will take place during the first 2 weeks of August. Last year, over 50 area restaurants participated and this year’s goal is to have even more. Participating restaurants will be charging $22.10 for a three course dinner. Visit
WorcesterRestaurantWeek.com for a list of participating restaurants.
Ceres Bistro, the new restaurant at the Beechwood, opened for business the last week of June. It is perhaps the nicest restaurant in the city. The dining room has plenty of high backed booths and features a large stained glass domed ceiling rescued by owner Dr. Charlie Birbara from a turn-of-the-century Boston mansion. The food features a farm
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The Smokehouse Urban BBQ, owned by Richard Romaine, opened recently in Worcester’s Canal District. This is more than just a BBQ joint ~ It not only features great ribs and brisket, but also Chicken Fried Steak and fried chicken. After eating here, you sort of wish that the South had won the Civil War and we were all
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Worcester City Park Grill, which took over the space that formerly housed McFadden’s on Front Street, has closed its doors after about a couple of months of operation. This may be the fastest opening and closing in Worcester restaurant history.
Tailgaters in Clinton has reinstituted their all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. The cost is $8 and includes a few entrees. The buffet runs Monday through Friday. Tailgater is located at 521 Main Street.
La Bussola, owned by Ernie Binicii, who also owns Worcester’s Ciao Bella on Grove Street, was recently sold to Bindhu Thomas. According to our sources, no changes in the menu are planned.
The Dance Ranch on James Street in Worcester is under new ownership. Nicholas Romano, who owns a couple of clubs in the Boston area, will take over the city’s only country and western bar. The only change planned is the addition of food.
The Square One Sports Bar & Grille opened in the middle of June. Owned by Danielle Spring and Jeremy Geary, the bar has a great menu of pub favorites including mac-n-cheese, burgers, pulled pork sandwiches and their signature Black and Tan onion rings. If you can take your eyes off the food, they also have about a dozen
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Café Manzi (owned by Brian Manzi) has opened in the building that once housed Scano’s bakery. Also in the same building is John Grosse’s latest venture, The Italian Baker. Grosse will be making bread and pizza, and maybe Italian cookies and fresh Italian cheeses like ricotta and mozzarella. For every two places that open, one closes ~
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Beer, Bacon, and Boston ~ Who Could Ask for Anything More!
April 24, 2:00pm - 6:00pm, Boston, MA at the South End’s Historic Power Station
Together with SoWa Sundays, @eatBoston is happy to present the 2010 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival, Boston's first food event of its kind.
On Saturday, April 24 at the historic Power Station in the SoWa district
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Beechwood Hotel is re-open for Sunday brunch starting February 28th. It will be new and exciting at the same price.
The Gael House Grill in Clinton has a new owner who plans to renovate the interior of the 119 High St. pub and revise the menu. Michael Casasanto of Hudson is the new owner. The Gael House was owned by Mark and Patty Elworthy of Clinton, who opened it in 2001.
It appears that local nightclub guru Dave Dominick has a new venture. He will be opening a sports bar called the Perfect Game. It will be on Water Street in the space that most recently housed Cava Doro. Dominick plans extensive renovations to the space. The sports- themed bar will have a limited menu which will include, according to Dominick,
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Rumor has it that Panera Bread will be opening its first Worcester location on Gold Star Blvd in the space formerly occupied by Harr Toyota. It will be directly across the street from Crown Bakery.
Wachusett Country Club’s Ross’ Tavern is open from Wednesday though Saturday from 11 am-9 pm and 11 am until 6pm on Sundays. They recently hired Adam Forman as the Tavern’s chef. Forman formerly worked at Rovezzi’s.
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