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marchurboston.bsky.social
Founder, Hiddenboston, Boston Restaurant Talk; food/travel writer, Boston Globe Magazine, NBC 10 Boston; textbook/medical editor; hike leader/former chair, Appalachian Mountain Club; DJ, Mark Skin Radio
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Maryland blue crab cakes, Old Speckled Hen, and more at an old favorite. #dinner #Hingham #TheSnug

On a public street—-hey, you’re being recorded! At least during Sox games. @universalhub.com do your thing Lansdowne and Brookline obv.

Route 128 in Needham just now.

A list of Boston-area restaurant closings and openings for the month of May, and how much longer can this positive trend continue? hiddenboston.com/closings-ope... #restaurants

News -- Ideal Pizza in Jamaica Plain to be reborn, opening as Pete's A Pizza. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/idea... #restaurant #pizza #jamaicaplain #boston

Wait, I’m agreeing with Kennedy? Someone please punch me in the face.

News -- BMS Paper Company and Market in Jamaica Plain finally gets approval to open a restaurant (and bakery). bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/bms-... #restaurant #jamaicaplain #boston

We did close to 5 miles of hiking this evening, and what a great time of day to do the Battle Road Trail. #Concord

Head to @markskinradio.bsky.social from 4 to 6 PM today as I'll be playing songs from Screaming Trees, Pixies, The B-52s, and Peter Murphy, along with new tunes from local acts The Far Out and The Ghouls. website: markskinradio.com TuneIn link: tunein.com/radio/Mark-S... #boston #radio

Woot!

Hey everybody! Don't forget that today is Tuesday, the day that our friend Marc Hurwitz ( @marchurboston.bsky.social ) turns the crank on the sausage grinder of alt-rock on markskinradio.com from 4-6 eastern. I never miss it (unless I'm held hostage by my attorney.) Have a listen. It's good. :)

News -- The Sports Bra (a Portland, OR-based sports bar dedicated to women's sports) is expanding to Boston. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-... #boston #bar #restaurant #opening

Opening alert -- Leal's Grill is now open in Brockton. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/leal... #restaurant #brockton

Is it possible that at some point Maura Healy calls up the National Guard to confront ICE? It may sound insane, but we are heading into uncharted territory here.

This is insane. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Opening alert -- Crispy Chick is now open in Somerville. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/05/cris... #restaurant #somerville

Opening alert -- a new location of Milkweed is now open in Dorchester. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/milk... #restaurant #dorchester #boston

Closing alert -- Via Lago in Lexington is now closed. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/05/via-... #restaurant #lexington

Closing alert -- Chilacates closes its Cambridge Street Location in East Cambridge in what is being called a relocation. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/chil... #restaurant #cambridge

Opening alert -- Kaiyo Sushi is now open in Belmont, replacing Gen Sushi. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/kaiy... #restaurant #belmont

A recap of last week's news, and a breakfast place is returning to the South Shore while a grilled cheese spot has expanded to Boston. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/rest... #restaurants

I'll be back on @markskinradio.bsky.social Tuesday afternoon with songs from Megadeth, Scissor Sisters, Martha and the Muffins, Extreme, and Talking Heads, as well as new tunes from local acts The Ghouls and The Far Out. markskinradio.com

Greek food at Eleni’s in North Woburn today.

{Turns on laptop, sees this, turns off laptop}

The eyes of the world are watching now.

This CAN'T be real. This is AI-generated, right? Uhhhhh, right?! Please tell me I'm right. [Continues to look at real estate in Denmark]

Food and drink on a rainy (shocker!) Saturday night at a roadhouse hidden away by the Dedham/Boston line. #VillageManor

I was one of a few AMC Local Walks/Hikes leaders who helped out the AMC Hiking/Backpacking group today for their Bay Circuit Trail section hike event, and this 6-mile section through Tewksbury/Andover was really nice. Maybe we’ll do it again for AMC Local Walks/Hikes. @amclocalwalks.bsky.social

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Stephen Miller just before “The Punch.”

Post-hike pizza, meatballs, and beer on a Friday evening. #MaxAndLeos #Sudbury

Some ominous clouds, but a really beautiful hike this afternoon (and alpacas). #CodmanFarm #Lincoln