COJE Restaurant Group (Yvonne's, Ruka, Lolita) to Open Restaurant at Post Office Square in Boston

The restaurant group behind three well-known Boston dining spots will be opening a new place that may just include something that is mostly gone from the local landscape.

According to an article in The Boston Herald, COJE Management is planning to open a new restaurant and bar at 10 Post Office Square in the city's Financial District, with the place possibly including a cigar bar along with a private members club. The post says that the working name for the spot is currently Santeria, but this will apparently change, as the application that has been filed is specifically for the liquor license and it will eventually have "a separate trade name." Plans for the restaurant and bar are in the early stages, and it looks like it will be more than a year before it opens for business.

COJE is the parent company of Yvonne's, a modern supper club in Boston's Downtown Crossing; Ruka, a Latin-Asian fusion spot also in the downtown area; and Lolita, a tequila bar in the Back Bay.

Currently, the only cigar bar in Boston is Stanza dei Sigari, which is on Hanover Street in the North End.

[September 7, 2018 update: An article in boston.com mentions that Santeria (and as stated earlier, this may only be a working name) will apparently be a restaurant with Cuban influences, and that it could be opening in the first quarter of 2019. (There is no mention of a cigar bar possibly being part of the space.)]

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Garage Boston Is Opening in Allston

[Ed note: This article was updated on April 10, 2014 to reflect an opening date as well as a slight name change.]

A private supper club is on its way to Allston, and it will include a form of entertainment that isn't seen all that much anymore.

Eater Boston reports that a place tentatively called Garage Lounge is going to be opening on Linden Street, presumably sharing the space where Crystal Restaurant (a Russian dining spot) resides. The article mentions that the club will feature go-go dancers, with a Craigslist job post mentioning that the dancers will perform during DJ nights and at staged shows and performances for special events. It appears that it will be a high-end club with a "highly selective door," according to their Facebook page, and it will include a scotch bar and tapas-style fare.

[April 10, 2014 update: A new article from Eater Boston mentions that Garage Boston (a name change from Garage Lounge) will open on April 17. At this point in time, it is not known for sure whether it will be a private supper club, a public restaurant and lounge, an event venue, etc., though a post on its Facebook page that Eater Boston added to an update indicates that it could be open to the public.]

[April 24, 2014 update: Garage Boston is now open, with its website including the phrase "Luxury Cars, Beautiful People, Unique Ambience" at the top.]

The address for this new supper club is 20 Linden Street, Allston, MA, 02134. Their website is at http://www.glboston.com/

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