Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Boston Globe: Ghost kitchens, Seal update (or lack thereof)

"Boston parking lots are turning into ‘ghost kitchen’ delivery hubs"

"The first time DoorDash delivery driver Rey Reyes arrived to pick up an order from a restaurant named Fuku in South Boston, he was surprised to find a large trailer in the back of a parking lot.

He was waiting on a spicy fried chicken sandwich with a side of waffle fries, but the trailer was also serving up boneless wings from Wings & Things, vegetable dumplings from Wow Bao, or grilled cheese from MrBeast Burger.

All from the same commercial kitchen inside the trailer, at the same address, and with no actual restaurant in sight."
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/28/business/newest-ghost-kitchen-could-be-coming-parking-lot-near-you/

"Nearly a year later, panel rethinking Massachusetts’ state seal is behind schedule and still shorthanded"
"Since its creation 46 weeks ago, a state commission tasked with recommending changes to Massachusetts’ controversial state seal has met twice. It remains short one appointee, and a state legislator has argued it needs a staff and a budget, neither of which exists. A deadline to submit a report came and went nearly two months ago.

The product of decades of advocacy, the Special Commission Relative to the Seal and Motto of the Commonwealth has been bogged down by Beacon Hill’s familiar morass of bureaucratic hurdles, all while its members wrestle with lingering questions over its mission.

The circumstances have complicated not just when the panel will produce a new vision for Massachusetts’ official symbol but exactly what it will deliver."

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The Massachusetts State flag with the state seal flies in front of the State House.JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF
The Massachusetts State flag with the state seal flies in front of the State House.JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF

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