Carmen's Kitchen in East Boston Has Apparently Closed

An Italian restaurant in the Orient Heights section of East Boston has apparently shut its doors. According to a poster on the Chowhound site, Carmen's Kitchen on Bennington Street is no longer open, and a sign in the window says that El Paisa Butchery is coming soon (El Paisa is a Colombian restaurant that is located next door to the now-closed Carmen's Kitchen).

Carmen's Kitchen, which first opened about four years ago, featured such items as pizza, pasta, calzones, and subs in an old-fashioned neighborhood environment. It is the second Italian restaurant in Orient Heights to close over the past few years, as the more upscale Zafferano (which was located at the corner of Bennington Street and Saratoga Street) closed in late 2007.

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