First I noticed the Starbucks leaving its prime location by the entrance facing Faneuil Hall. A new one will open shortly in the corner of the North Market closest to Dick's Last Resort. But in the meantime, Magnolia Bakery of New York fame, with its famous banana pudding, has been welcomed with open arms just this past week.
Across from Magnolia, we continue to await the arrival of the Legal Bowl, which I figure to be a relation to the Boston seafood chain Legal Seafood. The spot it will be inhabiting is where Bagelville had previously resided with their humungous bagels.
Down over on the other side of the colonnade, there is now an open rest area where Picolo Panini had been. I totally missed the transition of that one.
But as I walked through the building today, I noticed yellow ribbons woven around the now darkened Oyster Bar, and I thought to myself, "Wow, another one bites the dust." Hadn't I
just seen it open as recently as earlier this week?
Outside Quincy Market, Bertucci's has also closed up shop in recent history, with taco spot Mercado soon to open.
Note: In a May visit, I saw that the Oyster Bar was back!
