Man Robs Restaurant, Orders Burger

Earlier this week, a Burger King in Western Massachusetts was robbed, and the suspect was apparently hungry for food as well as cash.

The Boston Herald reports that on Monday night, a man walked into the Holyoke location of the fast-food chain and demanded "all the money in the drawer" while also ordering a cheeseburger (presumably to go). The suspect showed no weapon, according to the article, but he had his hands in his pockets while waiting for the cash and the burger. (He made off with an undisclosed amount of money.)

The Herald says that as of Tuesday, the police were still looking for the thief.

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News Elsewhere: And Now, a "Pop-Down" Restaurant

Most folks have heard of pop-up restaurants (temporary dining spots that reside in shops, public spaces, other restaurants, schools, etc.). But a new eatery in Finland is doing the opposite; it is a temporary "pop-down" restaurant that is literally an underground hangout.

An article this week in the Boston Globe mentions that Muru (which stands for "crumb" in Finnish) is a restaurant in Lohja that is located 260 feet below ground in a 115-year-old limestone mine. The dining spot features such dishes as veal tenderloin, salted salmon, snails, and apple crumble, with a prix fixe four-course dinner costing the equivalent of $160 (drinks and round-trip transportation from nearby Helsinki into the mine are included).

The 64-seat pop-down restaurant will call it a day on Sept. 29, according to the Globe.


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McBride's Irish Pub to Open in Providence Funeral Home

A new Irish pub will be opening in Providence early next year, and its location may surprise you.

According to MyFoxBoston.com, a bar called McBride's is going to open in the Monahan Funeral Home at 230 Waterman Street in the Wayland Square section of the city. A garage that is attached to the funeral home will be converted into McBride's, which will serve both food and drink. The Fox 8 News website mentions that McBride's will have a capacity of about 55 to 60, and that it will be open until 11:00 PM on weekdays and 12:00 midnight on weekends. Both sites state that the pub should be open in March of 2011, in time for St. Patrick's Day.

Wayland Square is a mostly residential neighborhood on Providence's East Side, just east of College Hill and Brown University.

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