A new dining spot is going to be opening in the space where a decades-old dive bar had been.
A message sent by Leah Klein of City Living Boston confirms what another source told us earlier, that Olespana Whiskey & Tap(as) is planning to open in Watertown, moving into the former Mt. Auburn Grill space on Mt. Auburn Street. We have been told that the new spot will be a Spanish restaurant, though no details could be found online at this point in time.
Mt. Auburn Grill, which first opened in 1978, shuttered early on in the pandemic in the spring of 2020 and subsequently went up for sale.
The address for Olespana Whiskey & Tap(as) is 645 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA, 02472.
[June 26 update: A poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page mentions that Olespana is now open, though details are still few and it doesn't appear that a website is up for the place yet.]
[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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