Namu Distilling Company Opens in Boston's Mission Hill Neighborhood

Last spring, it was reported that a distillery featuring two types of spirits was planning to come to Boston, and now we have learned that it is up and running.

According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, Namu Distilling Company opens today in the Mission Hill section of the city, moving into a space on Heath Street by the Jamaica Plain line. As mentioned earlier, the new business is a Korean-American small-batch distillery that focuses on soju and gin, with its website saying that "We are New England’s first and only Korean-American craft distillery, specializing in spirits distilled from rice wine."

The address for Namu Distilling Company is 89 Heath Street, Boston, MA, 02130. Its Instagram page can be found at https://www.instagram.com/namu_distilling/

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J.P. Licks in Boston's Mission Hill Neighborhood Has Closed

A local group of ice cream cafes has closed one of its locations.

According to a Bluesky post from @heyheydra.bsky.social, J.P. Licks in the Mission Hill section of Boston is no longer in operation, with an Instagram post from the business saying the following:

After more than 20 incredible years of bringing smiles on faces one lick at a time, J.P. Licks has officially closed our OBC location. We have the utmost gratitude to our loyal customers and the beautiful memories made in that store over the many years. Mission Hill will hold the most special of places in our hearts & we will miss the beautiful, lively neighborhood. Fear not we have 16 locations across the Greater Boston area, so we warmly invite our patrons to visit them as we depart from Mission Hill. The utmost gratitude for the decades of scoops, smiles, & community. Thank you

J.P. Licks first started out in Jamaica Plain in 1981.

The address for the now-closed Mission Hill location of J.P. Licks is 1618 Tremont Street (One Brigham Circle), Boston, MA, 02120. The website for the business is at https://jplicks.com/

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Namu Distilling Company Plans to Open in the Mission Hill Section of Boston

A new distillery is on its way to Boston, and it will be focusing on two types of spirits.

According to a Bluesky post from @jeremyk.bsky.social, Namu Distilling Company is planning to open on the border of Mission Hill and Jamaica Plain, with the Heath Street address indicating that it will technically be in Mission Hill. The upcoming business will be a Korean-American small-batch distillery and it will focus on soju and gin; no opening date has been given as of yet, though its LinkedIn page says that "We are now very busy getting our federal, state, and city licenses and permits so we can open our doors to everyone as quickly as possible."

The address for the upcoming Namu Distilling Company is 89 Heath Street, Boston, MA, 02130. Its Instagram page can be found at https://www.instagram.com/namu_distilling/

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