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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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Greek Festival tonight (and we got wayyyy too much food). #Arlington

News -- Mr. Drinky may be opening in Jamaica Plain. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/mr-d... #bar #restaurant #jamaicaplain #boston

News -- Flavor Boom plans to open in Cambridge's Kendall Square. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/flav... #restaurant #kendallsquare #cambridge

News -- Charlestown Brewing Co. to open this month at The Yard at Hood Park. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/char... #beer #breweries #boston #charlestown

Closing alert -- La Toscana's in Wellesley has closed, saying that they were "unable to produce enough revenue to sustain this business." bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/la-t... #restaurant #wellesley

Opening alert -- Island Creek Raw Bar has opened in the Seaport District. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/04/isla... #boston #restaurant #seaportdistrict

Whoever has the stolen Gardner Museum paintings, this might be the right time to quietly leave them on the steps of the museum because no one will notice.

This is real and spectacular

News -- Honeygrow to open in Allston. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/hone... #restaurant #allston #boston

News -- Brookline Lunch to open in the former Busy Bee space in Brookline. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/broo... #restaurant #brookline #diner

News -- Anna's Taqueria plans to replace b.good in downtown Boston, continuing a pattern locally. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/anna... #restaurant #boston

News -- Triton Beverage Group is acquiring Cape Cod Beer, joining Hog Island and Mayflower under the same parent company. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/06/trit... #beer #breweries #capecod

Robin and I will be leading an AMC hike through a wildlife area in Harvard, Bolton, and Stow on Saturday that we haven't really covered yet for Local Walks/Hikes. Lots of great views with this one! activities.outdoors.org/s/oc-activit... @amclocalwalks.bsky.social

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.