Mission Hill News

[missionhillmass]

Merry revelers and small business owners flocked to Brigham Circle on Nov. 26 to celebrate the start of the holiday shopping season. Mayor Menino was in attendance to announce free parking hours that he hopes will encourage residents and visitors to shop local.

[missionhillmass]

[missionhillmass]

A few photos from the 2013 Mission Hill Road Race.  

[missionhillmass]

GUILTY PLEASURE performing at the Brigham Circle Summer Concert Series!

[missionhillmass]

Main Streets gives big with Savors of Flavors

Mission Hill Main Streets hosted their 2nd Annual Savors of Flavors event last month, Monday, November 19th, at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Services, an event that allowed local businesses and people of the MH community to come together, share their cuisines with drinks, live music, and casual conversation.  It was an event that truly held the Main Streets program ideal of “everyone pitches in to make the community a better place to work, live and shop.” The top floor room was packed with public officials, religious leaders, merchants, volunteers, and of course the very friendly residents of Mission Hill all sharing in an enormous potluck of food from almost every local restaurant in the area, a feast for kings accompanied by some cool jaz, beer and wine, a wonderful silent auction. During the event,  a series of awards were given out to local residents for their work in our community, all lead by Representative Jeffrey Sanchez who served as the Master of Ceremonies. The first Cherished Neighborhood Asset Award went to New England Baptist Hospital for consistently demonstrates neighborliness to the Mission Hill Community.  Councilor Michael P. Ross was bestowed the Outstanding Public Award for his work representing the “District 8”.  The Golden Broom Award went to Tina Savvidis, the owner of Mama’s Place, for maintaining a clean and welcoming shop. The Kevin W. Fitzgerald Friend of Mission Hill is given to a special person whose actions  personify the boundless love for the neighborhood. This year the cherished award went to John Jackson, Administrative Coordinator at the Tobin Community Center, he has worked at the Tobin center for over twenty years, and was a founding member of the Mission Hill Youth Collaborative. Overall this year’s Savors of Flavors was a fantastic event for the local businesses, residents, and the community  of Mission Hill.    

[missionhillmass]

And the Golden Broom goes to ...

Mission Hill Main Streets hosted their 2nd Annual Savors of Flavors event last month at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Services, an event that allowed local businesses and people of the MH community to come together, share their cuisines with drinks, live music, and casual conversation. During the ceremony a series of awards were given out to local residents for their work in our community.  The Mission Hill Main Streets’ Golden Broom Award is a way to recognize a small business that goes above and beyond in maintaining a clean and welcoming shop, last year’s Golden Broom went to Tony the owner of Flann O Brien’s.  This year the broom went to Mission Hill’s very own Mama, Tina Savvidis, owner of Mama’s place radiates friendliness and hospitality with homemade delicacies in an immaculate and tastefully decorated setting.  Tina’s recipes have been passed down from her mother and grandmother, highly authentic Greek cuisine, prepared by herself and her friendly staff, Mama’s Place has supplied the area of Mission Hill with fantastic food and service. The restaurant is always clean, the food is good, the portions are big and reasonably priced.  Make sure that if you ever find yourself  hungry on Huntington Ave stop by Mama’s place … and remember Mama always loves to cook!   

[missionhillmass]

Sushi from Savant

For over a year, almost two now, Brigham Circle has had an empty hole in it’s heart from the closing of a local favorite, The Savant Project, a hip bar and restaurant that hosted an impressive food and drink menu along with being a very trendy student hotspot on the weekends.  The bar left their 1625 Tremont street address on May, 22nd, 2011, and for the next couple months the fate of the vacant “Savant”  spot remained unknown to the general Mission Hill public.  The first speak of gossip was a coffee shop or a deli styled sandwich shop, then with the opening of Green T down the road, the discussion fell back to some type of restaurant or bar assuming the size of the space. Word on the street was that the building needed some heavy renovation which was what was taking so long in terms of finding a leaser. Over the last few months, a stir of construction work has been flooding the Tremont location, pulling a massive reconstructive overhaul, completely redoing the entire interior, and in the last two weeks we have seen the reveal of a name, giving the community a little hint of what to expect: Mission Hill Sushi & Wok. A sit down sushi and asian cuisine restaurant  that will (from the quick sneak peaks) be seemingly elegant and  charming for a nice night dining out in Mission Hill. Though the circle already has a sushi restaurant, the Sushi Station, located only about a block away from it’s competitor,  the people of the hill do not appear opposed to the idea of a new sushi joint. Opening next month, Mission Hill Sushi & Wok  will be the next fresh face in the MH Food & Drink scene.