July/August 2011
Features & Articles
ASSEMBLY SQUARE More than 20 years in the making, preparations for construction began on Assembly Row in June. Styled as the “largest new neighborhood since the Back Bay was created,” Assembly Row is intended as an addition upon the already existing Assembly Square Mall. When completed, the row is expected to provide more than 40…
Scout photographer Kelly MacDonald snapped these great shots at the 30th Annual Mayor’s Senior Picnic today in Powderhouse Park, just outside Ball Square. Attendees enjoyed good food, music and lots of fun! Share this:
Ball Square Lyndell’s Bakery (720 Broadway) is now open Mondays after an increase in customer demand for extended hours. Davis Square Foundry on Elm (225 Elm St), a new restaurant, lounge and theater, will open this August. Foundry is expected to include a raw bar, more than 30 beers on tap and 100 bottles of wine….
Shirley Ortiz founded Choices Restaurant & Lounge (381 Somerville Ave) in 1983. Today, her son Victor Ortiz is in charge.
Tina DeLellis opened Johnny D’s (17 Holland Street) in 1969. Today, her daughter Carla DeLellis runs the show.
Pose Ortiz and DeLellis alongside one another – as Somerville Scout did during a recent interview at Bloc 11 (11 Bow St) – and they hardly look like vocational twins. Ortiz stands 5-10, weighs 240 and has linebacker’s shoulders. He used to be a bouncer in Boston and a police officer in Cambridge. He remains an active firefighter in Chelsea. And he looks like it. By contrast, DeLellis has the lithe build of a ballerina. If she told you she taught dance for a living, you’d believe her. In fact, she is a former programmer at IBM.
Ball Square Fine Wines (716 Broadway, ballsquarefinewines.com, 617-623-9500) has doubled its space and expanded its food offerings, including a selection of artisan cheeses from around the world. There’s also a new tasting bar for weekly events.
Pescatore (158 Boston Ave, pescatoreseafood.com, 617-623-0003) has completed its dining room renovation.
Eat at Jumbo’s (688 Broadway, eatatjumbos.com, 617-666-5862) has new menu items including calzones and vegan-friendly tofu tenders. Eat at Jumbo’s is also sporting a new storefront sign.
The City of Somerville was incorporated in 1872, in the midst of a 6-fold population boom. During this time, the processing of textiles and the manufacturing of brass and copper tubing and bricks carried Somerville into the American Industrial Revolution. At the height of Somerville’s brick making industry, over 24 million bricks were produced a year…
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