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Nestled beside the Ink Block apartments in the South End, coastal Italian restaurant Bar Mezzana is the kind of neighborhood restaurant everyone wishes they lived close enough to walk to. “This area we’re in all used to be under water, so our menu really invokes the ocean and the coast,” said Heather Lynch, who owns Bar Mezzana along with her husba...

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Francesco D'Agostino has been added as the men's soccer first assistant as announced by the Virginia B. and James O. Welch, Jr. '52 Head Coach for Harvard men's soccer, Pieter Lehrer. "Francesco is a great person and superior coach whose outstanding eye for talent, his desire to play a relentless attacking style, and his willingness to embrace and...

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Tensions reached a boiling point at a packed public meeting in the North End Thursday night, where community members pushed back against the a proposal to open a Starbucks in the historic Boston neighborhood. Many of those who spoke out against the opening said they worried that the major coffee chain would threaten the authentic culture of Boston’...

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MGM Springfield has unveiled more food options for its August 24 debut. A restaurant called "Cal Mare" will call Springfield home in nearly two months. It'll have a Coastal Italian menu featuring fresh New England seafood with flavors of Italy's coast. Cal Mare's menu will focus on premium ingredients and simple preparations, ranging from rustic ha...

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A little slice of heaven is returning once again this year to City Hall Plaza. Next weekend, the Boston Pizza Festival will be satiating nearly 20,000 hungry appetites as attendees sink their teeth into some of Boston and Italy’s best pizza. (That’s right – they will be flying in pizza chefs from Italy to showcase their talent). Next Saturday and S...

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A sign on the front door of Alta Strada in Wellesley Square informs would-be customers and passersby that the Italian restaurant is closed for repairs and that the business hopes to be serving up pasta again soon. We inquired about the situation and heard back quickly from Richard Bertin, Alta Strada’s general manager: “We just re-upped our lease,...

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The LaFesta Baseball Exchange, a North Adams youth baseball staple, holds its Pasta & Meatballs Dinner on Thursday, June 28, to fundraise for their annual baseball exchange series between North Adams and the North End of Boston. In its 28th season, the LaFesta Baseball Exchange celebrates its 100th game played this year. Several hundreds of kids fr...

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"The Last Little Italy” is a new video opposing the proposed Starbucks store at the gateway to Boston’s North End, located on the corner of Hanover and Cross Streets. The video was created by Rocco Capano and features many of the North End caffes and business owners. The group has been active on Facebook and is petitioning e-signatures against the...

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Boston Burger Company founders Charles Sillari and Sebastian Fricia are opening another restaurant in Davis Square. Mortadella Head, an Italian quick-serve restaurant specializing in pizza and sandwiches, is set to open on July 17 in the former Deli-icious space at 20 College Ave. in Somerville. Sillari told Eater last fall that his and Fricia’s It...

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When someone says “synchronized swimming,” do you picture ladies with flowered caps moving languidly through the water? You better not, says Ruby Remati, the 2017 U.S. national champion in the solo and figures categories. “It’s an extremely demanding sport, and it requires a lot of hours of training,” the 15-year-old says. “There are some people wh...

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