Dorchester Avenue

Surveillance photos of Lahens at the Dunkin' Donuts
A Dorchester man who held up a series of stores at knifepoint this past spring, less than three months after he was released from a a 30-month sentence for armed robberies in New York City, now faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted,... Read more
The Boston Licensing Board on Tuesday gave Puritan Pizza, 735 Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester, approval to extend its closing time from the current 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The restaurant's owners said there was a public need for the later hours both in general... Read more
Developer and restaurant owner Joey Arcari says he hopes to open a 40-seat restaurant with "full service American cuisine" in the new residential building he's building at 1121 Dorchester Ave. in Dorchester. If approved by the Boston Licensing Board at a... Read more
Rendering by 686 Architects.
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans to create a five-story, 20-unit condo building at Dorchester Avenue and Bay Street in Glover's Corner by expanding an existing three-story building on the site. Owner Karen Diep's plans call for no... Read more
Solmon Chowdhury, owner of Shanti Indian Cuisine, 1111 Dorchester Ave., says the restaurant is re-opening for takeout and delivery on May 1. Chowdhury was forced to close the restaurant a month ago, when his supplies of spices and other ingredients in the... Read more
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved plans by Pat's Pizza, 2254 Dorchester Ave., to expand into a adjacent storefront to allow for more kitchen space and seats. Proprietors Brendan and Patrick Newell needed board approval to add roughly 375... Read more
Proposed apartment building on Dorchester Avenue.
The Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday approved a developer's proposal to replace the Tom English Bar and the Dorchester Market with a five-story apartment complex - with room for the market, but not the bar, to move back into. Adam Sarbaugh wants to... Read more
Tom English’s bar and the adjacent Dorchester Market— two longtime businesses on a prominent Dot Ave corner in Columbia-Savin Hill— are under agreement to be sold this summer with the next owner eyeing a mixed-use project for the site. The buyer is Adam... Read more
They’re appearing up and down Dorchester Avenue, the backbone of Boston’s largest neighborhood, and beginning to dot store fronts in businesses across the city. You can spot one in the front window of Thuy’s Beauty Salon in Fields Corner, and another in... Read more
Maria Market on Dorchester Avenue
The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday gave Maria Market, 779 Dorchester Ave. in the Polish Triangle, a license to begin selling beer and wine as owner John Nguyen tries to transform it into more of an "urban market" servicing a neighborhood going more... Read more

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