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Newbury Street, the popular shopping and dining destination in the Back Bay of Boston, will be car-free from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m, on July 14, July 21, July 28, August 4, August 11, August 18, August 25, and September 1. (The pedestrian-only initiative, returned this summer on June 30.)
The street will be closed to vehicular traffic from Berkeley Street to Massachusetts Avenue. Parking will be restricted on Newbury Street and adjacent streets, with enforcement beginning at 5:00 a.m.
"Open Newbury Street" is part of the "Boston Open Streets" program.
A number of New England restaurants and chefs, have been nominated for the prestigious 2024 James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards, in the following categories.
Outstanding Restaurateur:
Chris Viaud, Greenleaf, Ansanm, and Pavilion, Milford and Wolfeboro, NH
Outstanding Chef:
Renee Touponce, The Port of Call, Mystic, CT
Best New Restaurant:
Comfort Kitchen, Dorchester, MA
Outstanding Bakery:
ZU Bakery, Portland, ME
Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker:
Atsuko Fujimoto, Norimoto Bakery, Portland, ME
Outstanding Hospitality:
Woodford Food & Beverage, Portland, ME
Outstanding Bar:
Barr Hill Cocktail Bar, Montpelier, VT
Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
● Conor Dennehy, Talulla, Cambridge, MA
● Maria Meza, Dolores, Providence, RI
● David Standridge, The Shipwright's Daughter, Mystic, CT
● Jake Stevens, Leeward, Portland, ME
● Cara Tobin, Honey Road, Burlington, VT
Restaurant and Chef Awards Nominees
The James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards—established in 1990 and first awarded in 1991—is one of five separate recognition programs of the Awards. This Awards program celebrates excellence across a range of experiences, from fine-dining establishments to casual gems, and emerging talents to established luminaries.
The 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards nominees are recognized across 22 categories. Winners will be celebrated at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony on Monday, June 10, 2024 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
For more information about the James Beard Awards, visit
jamesbeard.org/awards. Tickets can be purchased on the James Beard Foundation website. The Awards will be livestreamed on
Eater.com.
Coverings, North America’s largest and premier international tile and
stone exhibition and conference, has unveiled the top tile trends for
2024.
Chatham Bars Inn, a luxury 5-Star hotel on Cape Cod, will host a Friends of James Beard Dinner, themed to “A Night in New England," with guest Chef Ed Cotton and Chef Michael Scelfo, a James Beard Award Nominee, as well as Chatham Bars Inn’s Executive Chef Andrew Chadwick and Executive Pastry Chef Brennan Froeschner.
Welcome cocktail and hors d’ouevres will be followed by a four-course dinner.
Date: Friday, April 19, 2024
For the weekend stay at the Inn, a limited number of VIP Weekend Packages are available, and include a cooking demonstration on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
View Event Info, Dinner Menu, The Weekend Package
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