All posts tagged "restaurants"
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9.3K13Business and LaborThe Ritz-Carlton Opens in Boston, May 19, 1927
When the Ritz-Carlton hotel opened in 1927 in Boston, it required guests to adhere to a dress code. The hotel forbade women to...
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33.7K39Business and LaborFall River’s Famous Chow Mein Sandwich
When 17-year-old Barbara Wong arrived in Fall River, Mass., after World War II, she could hardly have known she would become the...
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22.9K82Business and LaborWhen Downtown Department Stores Spelled Christmas
Generations of New Englanders remember fondly the glorious downtown department stores at Christmas. Those great retail palaces brought magic to the holidays...
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21.8K6Business and LaborWhen New England Candy Was King: 15 Sweet Facts
New England candy ruled the American confectionery industry from colonial times right through the mid 1900s. Many candy makers made their sugary...
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22.4K7Business and LaborHoward Johnson Goes From 1 Restaurant to 1000 and Back
What does ‘28 Flavors’ mean to you? If you’re of a certain age, it means the restaurant founded by Howard Johnson. Just...
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6.4K11MassachusettsTwo Different Bostons Shaped Malcolm X and MLK (Pt. 1)
When Martin Luther King, Jr., moved to Boston in 1951 to study for his graduate degree in philosophy, Malcolm X was already...
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