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Article: Stork Club mixes music and meals ; Stork Club mixes music, meals to varying success
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2009
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It was a sad day when Bob's Southern Bistro shut down two years
ago: the end of a long run, the end of "glorifried" chicken, the end
of listening to live jazz while eating soul food. Bob's (perhaps
better known by a former name, Bob the Chef's) meant something. In
the South End, on the Roxbury side of Mass. Ave., and in the heart
of Northeastern nesting grounds, it was a place where people from
all walks of life came together. It felt real. When a new owner
appeared on the scene wanting to turn it into an upscale lounge for
young professionals called Night Town, it seemed an era had ended.
Night Town was not to be. Instead, the space became upscale
French bistro Circle, and within two ...