In yet another blow to Boston’s Jewish community, the Kosher Blog learned just moments ago from an anonymous e-mail that Milk Street Cafe has lost the lease for its popular satellite location at Zero Post Office Square. The location is the primary kosher lunch destination in Boston’s Financial District, and is the only source of fleishig food in Boston proper. As of January 1, 2008, it will be replaced by a non-kosher establishment.

The main (dairy) Milk Street location will, thankfully, remain open.

Here’s a big thank you to Neil for keeping up with these surveys — always a professional job!

Job Title: MANAGER
Location: Boston Area
Job Summary: Responsible for all aspects of running a successful SUBWAY® franchise Glatt Kosher
Job Requirements: Impeccable Mashgiach certification and respect of major Kashus organizations; Successful food service experience including managing of staff; Strong business acumen; Willing to do whatever it takes to drive a strong food service brand business to success including working long hours at the start while training other team members; Pleasant and out-going personality.

(We asked for more information from the Subway folks, and were told by e-mail that things are being negotiated and more information would be available “when the time is right.”)

I’m excited by the possibility of a new restaurant, especially one that could be a reasonable value, but my coworkers are pretty pareve on the (treyf) Subway near our office. I’ll adopt a wait-and-see approach.

Classes are over, though, and the weather has been nice, so I decided to make the trek. But first, of course, I had to Google “Haymarket Boston” to find out what to expect. The general consensus seemed to be that the market is characterized by crowds, rude vendors, and lousy produce, but with prices low enough to make it worthwhile.

I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the produce. Most of it was as good or better than what I usually find at the supermarket, and the crowds and vendors weren’t too bad, either. I attribute this mainly to my having gone Friday morning. The prices were, as advertised, ridiculously low. (This is apparently due to the low overhead cost of running a booth at an outdoor market as opposed to a store.)

I spent exactly $20. Here’s what I got:

• 3 lbs. rhubarb
• 2 lbs. strawberries
• 1 lb blueberries
• 1 lb raspberries
• 1/2 lb blackberries
• 2 heads Boston lettuce
• 1 bunch spinach
• 1 bunch radishes
• 1 bunch scallions
• 1 bunch parsley
• 4 red peppers
• 6 large lemons
• 7 tomatoes on the vine
• 1 Vidalia onion
• 1 ginger root

Two of the peppers turned out to be rotten inside, some of the berries were sour, and the tomatoes got smooshed on the T, but for what I paid, it hardly mattered. We’ve had many salads since then, and there are mixed berry sorbet and Moroccan preserved lemons in the works.

In conclusion, I highly recommend not having a real job if you live in the Boston area and want good quality, dirt-cheap produce. If that’s not an option, consider taking a Friday off at some point, for the experience.

(Cross-posted to Apikorsus)