Friday, May 4, 2012
Our Best of Patch Readers' Choice winners.
If you’re looking to treat your mother, mom or mommy this Mother’s Day, you have at least four great options right around Winchester, according to our readers. Cafe Escadrille in Burlington, Flora and Tryst in Arlington and Concord’s Colonial Inn tied in this week’s poll, making them all winners in our most recent Best of Patch Readers’ Choice contest for best place to go for Mother’s Day brunch. You can compare the winners’ brunch menus by clicking on the following links: Cafe Escadrille, Flora, Tryst and Concord’s Colonial Inn. Winchester’s Cafe Dolce and Lexington’s Lexx and Waxy O’Connors also received votes. Be sure to review the brunch options yourself on our Patch Places page. We're doing a poll on the Best Staycations in and around…
Local chocolate and truffle designers are now making cupcakes in Winchester.
If you live in town and have a sweet tooth, take heed! The Chocolate Truffle held a grand re-opening on May 3 to launch The Boston Cupcake Girl. Bacci Chocolate Design, which owns and operates The Chocolate Truffle has created Boston Cupcake Girl in their Winchester location on Thompson Street. “My husband and I love all things sweet,” owner Erin Calvo-Bacci said. “We were following the trends, but our girls (age 11, 9 and 5) love cupcakes. So we mimicked our truffles and chocolate recipes for cupcakes.” Bacci Chocolate has already won awards for their chocolate and truffles and plans to expand their most popular creation in cupcake form. With flavors like Margaritas, Phantom Pino Noir, Green Monsta, Salt Carmel, Red Velvet, Rasberry, …
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The Chocolate Truffle
18 Thompson St, Winchester, MA
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
La Patisserie employees sprung into action Friday morning to help their web-footed friend Baguette.
For five years, a duck named Baguette has come to the bushes in La Patisserie’s backyard to have her ducklings. This year, Baguette, named by the bakery’s chef/owner Stephen Pazyra, had nine ducklings. However, on Friday morning, Baguette and her ducklings were nowhere to be found. Two La Patisserie employees, Joevana Gilbert and Marylin Plank, eventually heard Baguette and the dad quacking away near the train station and went to go check on them. There, they found that all of Baguette’s nine ducklings had fallen into a storm drain and were trapped. Gilbert and Plank called the Department of Public Works for help, but in the meantime, they were able to bring six of the ducklings to safety. Winchester’s water and sewer supervisor, Paul …
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La Patisserie
30 Church St, Winchester, MA
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Friday, April 27, 2012
All-day cut-a-thon benefits Children’s Hospital Boston.
On Sunday, April 29 more than 70 salons throughout Massachusetts, RI, CT and NH will participate in Boston Children's Hospital's annual HAIRraising event. For the third year in a row, participating salons will provide customers with a stylish haircut for a $40 donation to Children's. In the past, the HAIRraising for Children’s Hospital Boston event has raised more than $200,000 and hopes to raise another $100,000 this year according to Janet Gilfeather, coordinator Cause Marketing & Sponsorship at Children’s Hospital Trust. “This has become a great program,” Gilfeather said. “The first year was getting all the salons on board. It was great to see the big support from big names on Newbury Street and the interest spread out into the …
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Philip Ciampa Salon
831 Main St, Winchester, MA
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Our Best of Patch Readers' Choice winner.
If you’re in need of a floral arrangement, look no further than Pondview Florist, according to our readers. The Winchester Center shop received 19 votes in this week’s poll and a perfect, five-star review to narrowly edge out Mahoney’s Garden Center and win our most recent Best of Patch Readers’ Choice contest for best florist in town. “We have used their services many times,” Jewelers Workshop wrote. “Their flowers are great.” Pondview Florist is family owned and has been in town since 1999. Stems also received votes. Be sure to review the florists yourself on our Patch Places page. We're doing a poll on the Best Place to go for Mother’s Day Brunch next week. Want to nominate a place that should be included in our poll? Send your …
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Pondview Florist
16 Mount Vernon St, Winchester, MA
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Students from nearby schools present projects for Winchester Hospital Centennial.
One hundred years ago, the first operation was performed at Winchester Hospital. A young woman needed gall bladder stones removed and was in a great deal of discomfort. According to her framed release form, she left the hospital “relieved.” Back then, a surgical procedure like that cost $6.00. While the times have changed, the community interest in perfecting local healthcare has not waivered. Students from Medford, Reading, Burlington, Woburn, Wilmington and Winchester prepared projects geared toward documenting the history and improving the future of Winchester Hopsital for the School Partnership Program Fair to be presented in the Main Lobby of Winchester Hospital on Tuesday morning. Students from McCall Middle School created several …
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Winchester Hospital
41 Highland Ave, Winchester, MA
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Our Best of Patch Readers’ Choice winner.
If you’re looking for something sweet, La Patisserie is the place to be, according to our readers. The Church Street bakery, known for its fruit flan and strawberry grand mariner cake, topped our poll to take our most recent Best of Patch Readers’ Choice contest for the best place to get dessert in town. Reviewers on Yelp also rave about the bakery, for its cakes, croissants, biscotti, tarts and cookies, among other items. Deb’s Cookies, on Thornberry Road, also received votes in our poll. Be sure to review the dessert spots yourself on our Patch Places page. We're now doing a poll on the Best Florists in town.
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La Patisserie
30 Church St, Winchester, MA
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Woburn Police are investigating several complaints regarding the discount gas station.
UPDATE: Monday, April 23: Jacqueline Eskanian tells Woburn Patch that she operates the two King Gas stations on Main Street in Woburn through a legal entity that is not King Petroleum, Inc. In an email to Woburn Patch, Eskanian said her company running the Main Street stations “sells a good product and does not scam its customers.” Thursday, April 19: You leave your house and realize your car's gas gauge is on "E." You have $20 in your wallet and think to yourself, 'I'll pick up $20 now and fill my tank later.' But when you pull into the gas station, the attendant gives you $40 instead of the $20 you requested. And then demands payment. Has this happened to you? It's happening to many people at the King Petroleum gas stations in Woburn…
Friday, April 13, 2012
Stop by our most recent Best of Patch Readers’ Choice winners.
If you’re in need of sports gear or equipment, Modell's Sporting Goods and Olympia Sports are your best bets, according to our readers. The Medford stores topped this week’s poll and as a result are our most recent Best of Patch Readers’ Choice winners, for the best place to buy sporting goods. Sports Etc. in Arlington finished a close third. Be sure to review the sporting goods stores yourself on our Patch Places page. We're doing a poll on the Best Place to Get Dessert next week. Want to nominate a place that should be included in our poll? Send your nomination to John Waller at johndwaller@gmail.com. This will allow us to be sure we don't leave anyone out.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
New restaurant could be up and running by end of summer.
Stone Hearth Pizza will be opening at 528 Main Street after the Board of Selectmen granted co-owner Jonathan Schwartz a Common Victualler License. Schwartz told the board after 12 weeks of construction starting in May, doors could open up by the end of the summer. Massachusetts law requires a Victualler License for all establishments capable of cooking, preparing and serving food. Stone Hearth pizza is moving into the storefront vacated by the closing of T Michaels last year. The new owners plan to submit plans for a building permit now that the license is secured. The former T Michaels storefront will be renovated to add the kitchen and 70 seats for patrons. Stone Hearth Pizza serves Neapolitan style, thin crust pizza, along with …
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528 Main St, Winchester, MA
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quasimodo
1:31 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Excellent. Thank you Mss. Gilbert and Plank, and Mr. Gangi Jr. more ›