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Tacos Arabes at Simcha bring Mexican-inspired Middle Eastern flavors to Sharon
Restaurants

Rethink Taco Tuesday with Tacos Árabes at Simcha Restaurant

At Simcha in Sharon, chef Avi Shemtov explores the international and contemporary influences on Sephardic Jewish cuisine. At first blush, that may not sound like the most […]

City Life

It’s Not Just Hot in Boston Right Now: Air Quality Has Been Deemed “Unhealthy”

Looks like it’s not just an extremely sweaty subway ride you’ve got to worry about right now in Boston. According to a warning from the […]

City Life

Local Grocery Stores Are Selling Toxin-Tainted Bottled Water

This story has been updated to include comment from Spring Hill Water. If you thought you were safely escaping tainted water by steering clear of the […]

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Wellness

These Two Boston Hospitals Rank Among the Best in the Nation

We’ll give you two guesses as to which hospitals made the top rankings in the latest U.S. News and World Report best hospitals honor roll—it shouldn’t be hard, […]

City Life

An MIT Satellite Named TESS Just Discovered Three New Worlds

Discovering three new worlds sounds like a pretty daunting task, but for NASA’s TESS, a transiting exoplanet survey satellite developed by MIT, it’s all in a day’s […]

Former Whiter Bulger "the haunt" house in South Boston
Home & Property

Want to Live in Whitey Bulger’s “the Haunty” House? You Can, for $3.5 Million

“The Haunty” would be a cute name for that one house in the neighborhood that decorates a little too zealously for Halloween. But for the […]

Home & Property

On the Market: A Huge and Futuristic Residence in Brookline

55 Leicester St., Brookline Price: $9,995,000 Size: 9,294 square feet Bedrooms: 7 Baths: 9.5 Superheroes, secret agents, and lovers of floor-to-ceiling windows, this futuristic home is […]

Home & Property

Five Greater Boston Homes for Sale with Really Pretty Gardens

54 Bigelow Drive, Sudbury Price: $940,000 Size: 4,486 square feet Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 4 80 Seaver St., Brookline Price: $6,750,000 Size: 9,030 square feet Bedrooms: […]

Cantillon bottles at Row 34
Restaurants

Row 34 Will Bring Cantillon’s Epic Sour Beer Day to Boston

Once a year, the famous Belgian brewery Brasserie Cantillon throws a worldwide party to celebrate a new version of its signature lambic-style beer—and Boston’s own […]

Babbo pizza in Boston will close
Restaurants

One-Time Batali Restaurant Babbo Pizzeria Will Close This Summer

The Boston Seaport will soon lose one of its large, waterfront restaurants opened by a New York City group. Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca, the wood-fired […]