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Friday, September 27, 2024

Emma's Macarons in Waltham Has Closed

A shop west of Boston that featured a popular French confection has shut down.

According to a source, Emma's Macarons in Waltham is no longer in business, with an Instagram post from the Moody Street store indicating that it closed its doors yesterday, saying "I'm so sorry to those who did not get the chance to see us one last time. This was completely unexpected....Emma's Macarons will be taking a break from baking and any future updates will be posted on Instagram & Facebook." Emma's first opened in the spring of 2022 in the former Alba Mediterranean Market and Bakery space, offering small-batch macarons along with other pastries and baked goods.

The address for the now-closed Emma's Macarons was 248 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02453.

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Thursday, October 06, 2022

Marylou's Opens in Waltham

A local chain of coffee shops whose locations are south of Boston has opened its first outlet in the western suburbs.

According to a source, Marylou's is now open in Waltham, with a Facebook post from the business indicating that it resides within the Seasons Corner Market at the Shell Station on Waverly Oaks Road. The new location joins a number of others in the southern suburbs of Boston, Cape Cod, and in Rhode Island, with its closest outlet to the western suburbs until now being in Westwood. (Marylou's started out in Hanover in 1986.)

The address for the new location of Marylou's in Waltham is 225 Waverley Oaks Road, Waltham, MA, 02452. The website for all locations can be found at https://marylous.com/

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Emma's Macarons Opens in Waltham

A new shop that features a popular French treat has opened west of Boston.

According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page and a tweet from @y2000k, Emma's Macarons is now open in Waltham, taking over the former Alba Mediterranean Market and Bakery space on Moody Street. The shop features a variety of macarons with options including strawberry, lemon, passionfruit, chocolate, matcha, raspberry, coconut, cookies and cream, fruity cereal, and more.

The address for Emma's Macarons is 248 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02453. Its website can be found at https://www.emmasmacarons.com/

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

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Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Brothers Marketplace in Waltham Is Closing

A local supermarket chain is going to be closing one of its outlets west of Boston.

According to a source, Brothers Marketplace in Waltham is shutting down permanently later this spring, with a Facebook post from The Waltham Channel stating that the Main Street store will shutter on or before May 28. It appears that other locations of the grocery store in Cambridge, Duxbury, Medfield, and Weston will remain in operation, and The Waltham Channel also says that Roche Bros.--which operates the Brothers Marketplace stores--will be opening a new supermarket at Arsenal Yards in Watertown on April 9.

The Waltham location of Brothers Marketplace first opened in the spring of 2018, focusing in part on regional and specialty products.

The address for Brothers Marketplace in Waltham is 1 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02451. The website for all of the stores can be found at https://brothers-marketplace.com/

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Indulgenza Is Opening in Waltham

It looks like a new dessert and pastry shop is on its way to the western suburbs of Boston.

According to a source, Indulgenza is planning to open in Waltham, moving into a space on Moody Street between Spruce Street and Taylor Street. The Facebook page for the upcoming shop says that it is coming soon while mentioning that "Something delicious sweet and savory is waiting for you." A Facebook post within the Bring Retail to Waltham group page shows a "permit to build" sign in the storefront, mentioning that the place will be a dessert and pastry shop with no baking done on the premises.

The address for Indulgenza is 346 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02453.

[January 15, 2021 update: The Tables section of The Boston Globe states that Indulgenza is now open, offering desserts and pastries to go.]

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Friday, January 10, 2020

Alba Mediterranean Market and Bakery in Waltham Is Closing

A bakery in Waltham's "restaurant row" is shutting down for good in a couple of months.

According to a source, Alba Mediterranean Market & Bakery on Moody Street is closing on March 15, with a Facebook post from The Waltham Channel saying that it will be shuttering when its lease expires. The post also mentions that the brother-and-sister owners Kristina Zeqo and Stavros Kondo are shutting the place because they "just couldn't make the business work," though no other specific details were given.

Alba Mediterranean Market & Bakery first opened in 2015, offering such items as baklava, kataifi, galaktoboureko, feta cheese, olive oils, honeys, Greek yogurts, tea, coffee, custom-made cakes, and more.

The address for Alba Mediterranean Market & Bakery is 248 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02453. Its website can be found at https://www.albamarketbakery.com/

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Brothers Marketplace Is Opening in Waltham

by Marc Hurwitz

A local supermarket chain that is getting ready to close one of its locations is also going to be opening an outlet of its upscale neighborhood market concept.

According to a post in the Daily Times Chronicle on the upcoming closing of Roche Bros. in Burlington, the company is also planning to open a new location of Brothers Marketplace in Waltham. An earlier Boston Globe article confirms this, saying that the Wellesley-based chain will be opening Brothers in the Merc at Moody and Main apartment building in the downtown area sometime next spring. Once it opens, the new market will join other locations in Weston and Medfield.

The two Brothers Marketplaces are small grocery stores that focus on fresh foods and regional products; another shop had been planned for Somerville's Davis Square, but it ended up falling through and a location of bfresh (another small-market concept, with this one affiliated with Stop & Shop) opened in the Elm Street space earlier this year.

The website for Brothers Marketplace can be found at http://www.brothers-marketplace.com/

[May 2 update: According to a press release, the new Brothers Marketplace in Waltham is now open.]

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Monday, September 12, 2016

Joshua Smith of Moody's Deli in Waltham to Open Shop Featuring Smoked Meats, Baked Goods

The person behind an award-winning deli along with an adjacent wine bar and a meat-processing plant is opening a new shop, and this one will focus on smoked meats, baked goods, and pastries.

Boston Magazine is reporting that Joshua Smith of Moody's Delicatessen and Provisions and the Backroom on Moody Street in Waltham--as well as the New England Charcuterie plant on the other side of the city--is planning to open a store that offers such items as ribs, brisket, pulled pork, burnt ends, sausages, breads, biscuits, cornbread, pretzels, doughnuts, cookies, and more. The article mentions that the as-of-yet unnamed shop, will be two doors away from the deli in the space where a Haitian market had been and will help Smith shift BBQ items and baked goods away from the original space, with Smith saying that the barbecue "sells OK at the deli, but people don't go there thinking, 'I'm going to get some ribs.' If we refocus another space toward that, we can sell our smoked meat and sausages." If all goes as planned, the new store may open by November.

The article also says that Smith is hoping to open an oyster bar somewhere along Moody Street at some point in the future.

It looks like the address for the new shop will be 454 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02453.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Joshua Smith (Moody's Deli, Backroom, New England Charcuterie) Opening Meat-Processing Plant and Tasting Room in Waltham

A couple of years ago, we reported that the person behind an award-winning deli and specialty food shop was opening a restaurant (now open) within the space, along with a meat-processing plant nearby. Now we have learned a bit more about the latter.

According to an article in The Boston Globe, Joshua Smith of Moody's Delicatessen and Provisions and the Backroom on Moody Street in Waltham is beginning to build a facility within a commercial park in the city that will have 10,000 square feet of space and a capacity of producing more than 55,000 pounds of meat at a time under the brand New England Charcuterie (the current production space at Moody's is only 700 square feet with a capacity of 1,400 pounds at a time). The post mentions that in addition to processing meat, the plant will also have a tasting room where people can try some of the products.

The Globe article also hints at things that could be coming down the road, with Smith saying that he can eventually picture a "string" of Moody's Delis across New England. (Smith currently has a mini-version of the deli within a new location of Gordon's Fine Wines and Liquors in Boston's Downtown Crossing.)

Dan McCarthy, who wrote the Globe article, tells us that the processing plant will be located at 108 Clematis Avenue Unit D, which is off Beaver Street near where Waltham meets both Belmont and Watertown.

The website for New England Charcuterie can be found at http://www.newenglandcharcuterie.com/

[February 26 update: The Waltham News Tribune mentions that the Moody's/New England Charcuterie meat processing plant could be up and running by April.]

[Earlier Articles]
Moody's Delicatessen and Provisions Is Opening The Backroom in Former Wings Express Space
Gordon's Fine Wines and Liquors Is Taking Over the Wine Cellar Space in Boston's Downtown Crossing

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Dovetail Sake Brewery Is Coming to Waltham

A new brewery is on its way to the Boston area, and this will be the first brewery of its kind in Massachusetts.

Boston Magazine is reporting that Todd Bellomy and Daniel Krupp are planning to open Dovetail Sake in Waltham, with the brewery being in a warehouse where they will have 1,000 square feet of space to produce two styles of sake--a nigori and a junmai-shu. The article says that the Dovetail products should be available in stores sometime this winter, and that Bellomy and Krupp are actually looking to move the business into a larger space at some point in 2015 where they plan to have tours and tastings.

Bellomy used to be a brewer at Boston Beer Company and has also trained at sake breweries in Japan, while Krupp is a Level One graduate of the Sake Professional course with sake expert John Gauntner.