When exactly is the closing date?

Is this 100% definite??

I’m already starting to feel anemic

Sad.

They should convert the main location to fleishigs. Seems weird to take a client to a dairy lunch.

I hope they can stick the hot dog cart somewhere on the street or such. Maybe they can get a local convenience store to sell the prepacked salads and sandwiches.

btw, don’t expect them to be open until 12/31. That’s the last date they have to move their things out. My bet is that the last open date will be Friday 12/21. The timing of xmas and new years would probably reduce the volume of clientele such that it wouldn’t be worth trying to eke out another week.

I presume these businesses close because they arent making money. I was talking to a fellow in jewish retail (nonfood) and he tells me that people order online or from NY stores rather than buy from him in order to say a couple of $’s. Obviously its different with food but still the same mentality. We cry when the businesses close but rarely go when theyre open.

There’s an entire thread on this site devoted to the Boston kosher Subway, and someone there posted a downbeat update on whether it was actually happening.

Yes, it comes down to whether these places make $ or not, and I guess they aren’t, or aren’t making enough to afford their leases, operating costs, etc. We could support them more, as a community, but I also think there should be a quality product to support. That was definitely the case for the Milk Street PO Square location - the food was very good, as was the service.

I just confirmed that Milk Street PO Square will close on 12/21.
Sad day.
Get your meat while you can.

The reason the lease was lost/given up had nothing to do with money or profitability. It had to do with the park essentially wanting them out of there for the longest time and being the worst landlord one could ever think of. The management of the park made life on the employees and managers at post office square very rough for at least the last two years.

I would say that, “. . . it is not entirely clear that one will be opening” and “I wouldn’t expect it anytime soon” would qualify as downbeat, wouldn’t you?

So the Vaad isn’t the only kashrut agency in town. It is possible that they will go through the ORC, the Kof-K, or the OU (although the OU is a bit unlikely, I’ll grant). In any case, before the kashrut agencies get involved, investors and management need to be lined up and possibly contractors as well (not to mention long discussions with evil lawyers ). What we originally heard about was a posting to see if anyone was interested in management. Hopefully that will result in interest, but it could still be months before they are ready to talk to certifying agencies. That being said, I am still optimistic (but, previously, people may have had unreasonable expectations).

@ Shana - who said we wouldn’t support one. The biggest problem(s) are appeal and location. There are only a handful of kosher fleishig restaurants, Rami’s does schwarma, Taam China and Rubin’s for deli. They are all in Brookline. The outlying towns have almost no kosher food, Newton and Sharon are the prime examples. I would be happy to see some more variety though. What kind of restaurant is your husband interested in opening, and where?

It’s always surprised me that Sharon could not support a kosher restaurant–even a pizza joint!

BTW, there used to be a deli somewhere near the north shore, off Rte 1, iirc. Is that still around?