Foundry in Davis Square - from "Boston Restaurant Talk"

[pbockelman.livejournal.com]

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Foundry Is Coming to Davis Square, Somerville

 

A new restaurant, lounge, and theater is coming to the Davis Square neighborhood of Somerville, moving into the space vacated by a home goods store.

Based on information from one poster on our Twitter page and another on the Chowhound site, a sign is up at the old Bowl & Board location on Elm Street for Foundry, which, according to Grub Street Boston, is going to be an American brasserie with a speakeasy lounge and a theater that will handle everything from comedy shows to music to children's theater. Foundry, which will be run by the same person behind The Independent and Precinct Bar (both in Somerville's Union Square), is expected to feature a raw bar, more than 30 beers on tap, and 100 bottles of wine from which to choose.

Right now, it appears that Foundry may open sometime in the late summer or fall.

The address for this upcoming restaurant, lounge, and theater will be: Foundry, 255 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, 02144.

Comments

Whatever happened to parking needs?

[pch1.livejournal.com]

While I also look forward to Foundry's opening it seems strange that all these new place are opening(Foundry, Posto, Flatbread Pizza Co.) and the issue of available parking hasn't come up. I could be wrong but I thought years ago when Redbones was thinking of opening a big place using the storefronts of what is now Diva, Diva Lounge and Wainright, that the dealbreaker was that there was not enough parking for a 150 - 200 seat restaurant. Now we have Posto with 50 seats, Flatbread with 100 or so, and Foundry with 150 +. Rumor has it that there may be a restaurant going in to the old Social Security building. Has there been an increase in available parking around Davis that I'm not aware of? Is availible parking not a consideration anymore?

Re: Whatever happened to parking needs?

[svilletheatre.livejournal.com]

Posto at least has its own parking lot.

Re: Whatever happened to parking needs?

[ron_newman]

My recollection was that Rob Gregory got all the permits to build and open his proposed restaurant (he had the Mount Vernon as his model), but elected not to proceed.

Davis Square is on a major transit line, so parking should never be a consideration in deciding whether to add more entertainment or restaurant venues.

Rebekah Gewirtz has said that we now have enough restaurants and that she would oppose any further conversions of retail or office to restaurant uses.

Re: Whatever happened to parking needs?

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I probably agree we have plenty of restaurants, but I don't agree about your assessment on parking, however optimistic you might be about people taking the train or bus, sometimes people just DON'T.