What’s hot and what’s happening now in the restaurant scene!
The wall won’t stop them. Tio Juan’s Margaritas Mexican Restaurant opened the last week of August. The Northborough restaurant is the eighth in the chain and is located near Wegmans and a whole host of other restaurants off of Route 9N. It is open every day from 11:30 a.m.-midnight.
Give Goodell the bird. Worcester’s The Fix and Mezcal will serve up all-you-can-eat wings on Monday and Thursday nights during the NFL season. Mezcal does them on Sunday, too. All the wings you can eat for just $12. Now that’s giving Roger Goodell the bird – or at least the wing of a bird.
No one’s perfect. The Perfect Game on Worcester’s Water Street has closed down while the owners, Mark and Michael Erlich, come up with a new concept for the shuttered sports bar. We hear that a night club may be in the offering. But stay tuned.
Chili & Chowder winners. The winners of the second annual Worcester Chili & Chowder Festival, sponsored by Pulse Magazine, are in. Best Chili: Niche Hospitality; 2nd Place – tie; Flying Rhino Café & The Dogfather; People’s Choice: Flying Rhino. Best Chowder: Vintage Grill; 2nd Place: Quinn’s Irish Pub; People’s Choice: Compass Tavern. More than 400 people cast votes for the People’s Choice Award, while a distinguished group of judges picked the Best Chili and Chowder.
Herbie’s being sold. So, the venerable Herbie’s on Worcester’s Southbridge Street is being sold. The new owners are the Kaplan brothers, who also own the Lakeside Bar & Grille in Shrewsbury. Herbie’s is a traditional hole-in-the-wall that servers some of the best fried fish in the city at the best prices
Somethin’ Catchy never caught on. Somethin’ Catchy Seafood Shanty on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street is closing. It will be replaced by a Brazilian bakery and restaurant. Watch for the late October opening of Salagabom. The closing leaves Worcester without a traditional clam shack. Owners Angela and Rose Ellen Padavano have two other restaurants to keep them busy.
Pizza, pizza. We hear that Pisano’s Pizza on Worcester’s Grafton Street was recently sold. We also hear that it will stay a pizza place, but we will keep you posted of any changes.
As the worm turns. Wormtown Brewery on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street has undergone its third expansion since moving from Park Avenue to its current location. The owners are expected to add 14,000 square feet, which will enable them to add a new bottling line. They will now bottle five days a week.
A little less talk and more pie. Worcester-based Table Talk Pie will once again be opening a retail store on Worcester’s Green Street in the heart of the Canal District. Table Talk had operated a store on Green Street since the 1940s, but closed it when the company was sold. Can’t wait for pie.