Boston Restaurant Talk: Fan Pier

Monday, May 14, 2018

Frank Anthony's Marina Cafe Is Opening at Fan Pier on the Boston Waterfront

by Marc Hurwitz

It looks like the people behind a grocery store on the Boston waterfront will be opening a cafe nearby.

According to a Twitter thread from @FortPointer, Frank Anthony's Marina Cafe is planning to open at Fan Pier, moving into a space under the new pavilion/steps by the Harborwalk and near where Fan Pier Boulevard meets a new road called Waterside Avenue. This jibes with an earlier hearing page within the city of Boston website that mentions the cafe plans to open at that site with 1,200 square feet of space that includes seating, and hours possibly being 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

Frank Anthony's Gourmet Market first opened at 9 Fan Pier Boulevard toward the end of 2016.

The address for the new Frank Anthony's Marina Cafe is 10 Waterside Avenue, Boston, MA, 02210.

[June 9 update: A Twitter post from @stevebikes shows that Frank Anthony's Marina Cafe is now open.]

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[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Frank Anthony's Gourmet Market to Open at Fan Pier on the Boston Waterfront

A new market is on its way to the Boston waterfront, and the person behind it also operates a grocery/convenience store in the North End that has been around for more than a quarter century.

The Boston Herald is reporting that Frank Anthony's Gourmet Market plans to open at 11 Fan Pier (just east of the Moakley Courthouse), with the 2,500-square-foot shop being what owner Frank Scire calls a "21st-century corner market." The article says that Scire also runs Going Bananas, which first opened on Salem Street 28 years ago and offers produce, meats and cheeses, sandwiches, and smoothies.

If all goes as planned, the new Frank Anthony's Gourmet Market should be opening late this summer, according to the Herald.

[December 9 update: Frank Anthony's Gourmet Market is not yet open, but a licensing board page within the City of Boston website indicates that it could be one step closer to opening by next week, as the board will look into the market's request for a common victualler license on Wednesday, December 14.]

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[Related article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Ten Items from Bakeries and Pastry Shops in the Boston Area and Beyond]