Last fall, it was reported that a North End restaurant that had been featured on a reality TV series was closed, and a new dining spot could be moving in. Now we have learned that a new restaurant does appear to be taking over the space, though little is known about it at this point in time.
According to a tweet from @ConciergeBoston, a place called Libertine is opening in the old La Galleria 33 space on Salem Street, with two signs being up for the spot and the windows being papered over. It looks like the new business will indeed be a restaurant, though nothing by this name comes up online, including in any corporate/business database sites. Earlier, it looked like Piarosa Group, Inc. may be opening something in the space and that it could have a connection to Forcella in the North Square area, but it is not known if this is still the case.
La Galleria 33 had been shown on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares in 2012, with the show's focus being on helping revive troubled restaurants across the country.
The address for the upcoming Libertine is 125 Salem Street, Boston, MA, 02113. The website for Libertine will be at https://www.libertineboston.com/
[December 4 update: A licensing board hearing page within the City of Boston website confirms that Libertine will be a restaurant and that Piarosa Group is indeed behind the place.]
[February 18, 2020 update: A Facebook events page indicates that Libertine is now open, with the menu on its website showing such items as wings, chicken pot pie dumplings, Cuban sandwiches, and baby back ribs, and they also have a "mac and cheese bar" with various versions of the dish offered.]
[Earlier Article]
La Galleria 33 in Boston's North End Has Closed; Exact Status Unknown
by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)
[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]
