Four years ago, it was reported that a local restaurateur had submitted a proposal for a new dining spot to open at a long-vacant waterfront space on the North Shore, and now we have learned that the restaurant is finally getting close to opening.
According to a source, Mission Boathouse is planning to open soon on the Beverly waterfront, and as mentioned in an earlier article, Marty Bloom (Mission on the Bay Restaurant in Swampscott, Mission Oak Grill in Newburyport) is behind the Water Street restaurant. A Salem News article mentions that the three-story dining spot will have an outdoor deck with firepits on the first floor, along with garage-door windows on the third floor that can open during the warmer months, while all three floors will have views of the ocean--and the menu will have international influences including South American, Asian, French, and Cuban.
Plans were first announced for the restaurant in 2018, though another proposal for the space that went all the way back to 2012 was for a location of the Black Cow, though that fell through along with plans for an outlet of Flatbread Company to open there as well.
The website for Mission Boathouse can be found at https://missionboathouse.com/
[February 23, 2023 update: According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, Mission Boathouse is now open.]
[Earlier Article]
New Proposal Submitted for a Restaurant to Open on the Beverly Waterfront
[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]
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