Thursday, November 22, 2012
Most restaurants are closed, but a few may be open.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Most things are closed on Thanksgiving. Here's a list: City offices: Closed Library: Closed Schools: Closed Retail stores: Closed Supermarkets: Closed Banks: Closed Post offices: Closed Trash, recycling, yard waste: Thursday and Friday pickups will be delayed by one day. MBTA: Trains and buses will operate on a Sunday schedule. Restaurants: Open at the discretion of each restaurant. Based on phone calls to a number of restaurants in Somerville, several, if not most, are closed. But not all. Here are five that are open.
If you want someone else to cook for you, here's a list.
Thanksgiving: Sometimes you may want someone else to cook the bird, and sometimes you might not want a bird at all. While most Somerville restaurants are closed on Thanksgiving, a few are open. Here are five: If you know of any other restaurants open on Thanksgiving, let people know in the comments section.
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Foundry on Elm
255 Elm St, Somerville, MA
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Mount Vernon Restaurant
14 Broadway, Somerville, MA
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Diva Indian Bistro
248 Elm St, Somerville, MA
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True Bistro
1153 Broadway, Somerville, MA
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719 Broadway, Somerville, MA
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Some easy drink recipes to serve on Thanksgiving.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Fellow Patch readers have provided easy drink recipes to try this Thanksgiving and throughout the holiday season. A reminder: These drinks should only be consumed by responsible adults over 21-years-old. Do not drink and drive. --- Rum Punch Provided by Ashley Troutman, North Reading Patch Editor Combine over ice in a punch bowl: 1 quart orange juice 6 oz. lime juice 1 quart club soda 1 quart unsweetened pineapple juice add one 750 ml. white or gold label rum --- Caramel Apple Martini Provided by Katie Curley-Katzman 2 parts Schnapps, butterscotch 2 parts Sour Apple Pucker 1 part Vodka Mixing Instructions Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. --- Pumpkin Pie Martini Provided by Katie Curley-…
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Are you running the race? Share your photos here.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The 16th annual Gobble Gobble Gobble Road Race takes place Thanksgiving morning. The race benefits Project Soup, which feeds the hungry, and Somerville Track PAC, which provides college scholarships to Somerville students. The race starts at 9 a.m., and afterward there will be festivities at The Burren. Are you running the race on Thanksgiving? If so, share your stories and photos here.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Here are some tips from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to make your Thanksgiving travel a little easier.
Will you be driving on Thanksgiving night? If so, you can snag a free cup of joe courtesy of the state. And if you're hitting the Turnpike on Wednesday afternoon, you can also get on I-90 (for one hour) without having to pay the toll. Free coffee will be served at all 18 Massachusetts Department of Tranportation (MassDOT) service plazas between 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving night until 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov 23, courtesy of McDonalds, Burger King and Gulf. Meanwhile, Plymouth Rock Assurance will sponsor free tolls at the Allston-Brighton interchange on I-90 from 3-4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21. Thanksgiving holiday traffic is expected to be at its peak on Tuesday, Nov. 20, Wednesday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 25, according to MassDOT. To …
Celebrate next week's holiday by reading some of these Thanksgiving-themed books.
Although it's not as famous as Halloween or Christmas, the Thanksgiving holiday does have it's fair share of literature dedicated to it. Whether you're young and still reading picture books, or an adult, we have a little something for everyone in our Patch Reads book list. So grab your turkey and enjoy some books as side dishes! Younger readers: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving—In a switch on the classic Clement Moore poem, some boys and girls have an eventful Thanksgiving eve. If You Lived In Colonial Times—This book outlines what the lives were like for the Pilgrims and Colonists from 1565 to 1776. The First Thanksgiving—Geared toward beginner readers, this book tells the story of the first Thanksgiving with lots of illustrations. …
Friday, November 25, 2011
This is your chance to stand up and be counted. Vote, and let us know what's up!
Black Friday is notoriously the busiest shopping day of the year in the country, and Massachusetts, even with its famous Blue Laws, is no exception. Here in Somerville, Somerville Local First is promoting a slight twist to the Black Friday trend: "Plaid Friday." All things considered, Patch wants to know where you've found yourself this November 25. Were you in line, coffee cup in hand, at 11:59 p.m. Thanksgiving Day outside Target, or were you content to wake up and hit the stores at the not-quite-leisurely hour of 4:30 a.m.? And what about people who are staying home? Do you avoid Black Friday shopping just because of the crowds, or do you have a more philosophical stance against going out that day, like the proponents of Buy Nothing …
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
There's no Thanksgiving-day football game for the Somerville Highlanders this year; school administrators, and the city's mayor, think it's because the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association could do better.
When Arlington High School left the Greater Boston League for the Dual County League following the 2007 season, the Somerville Highlanders football team had to find a new Thanksgiving-day opponent, having played the Spy Ponders every year since the late 1970s. After three blowout wins over Cambridge’s Matignon High School, the Warriors understandably ended their partnership with the Highlanders after the 2010 season. With the Highlanders’ long-term arrangement with the Cambridge Rindge & Latin Falcons not starting until 2012, for one Thanksgiving—this one—the Highlanders will be without a game. And some Somerville administrators say the true blame lies with the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, which they say has not …
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Somerville High School
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Somerville was thrust into the national spotlight for an email about Columbus Day and Thanksgiving sent by the principal of the Kennedy School.
The principal of the John F. Kennedy Elementary School has apologized to parents, staff and students for sending a controversial email that made national news, and Somerville's mayor, Joseph Curtatone, appeared on MSNBC to defend Somerville's reputation. The controversy started Friday when the Boston Herald published a column, titled "Fun takes a holiday in Somerville," in which the columnist quoted from an email written by Kennedy School Principal Anne Foley. In the email, the school's head said of Christopher Columbus, "For many of us and our students celebrating this particular person is an insult and a slight to the people he annihilated" and, "On the same lines—we need to be careful around Thanksgiving Day time as well." You can read …
Monday, October 17, 2011
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone fired back at a Boston Herald columnist for her piece titled "Fun takes a holiday in Somerville."
A Boston Herald column titled "Fun takes a holiday in Somerville" caused a stir Friday, and now Somerville's mayor has fired back. The column describes an email sent by Anne Foley, principal of the John F. Kennedy Elementary School, to teachers at the school. The email, according to the column, takes aim at Columbus Day and Thanksgiving. The Boston Herald column quotes from the email, in which Foley wrote, "When we were young we might have been able to claim ignorance of the atrocities that Christopher Columbus committed against the indigenous people … for many of us and our students celebrating this particular person is an insult and a slight to the people he annihilated. On the same lines, we need to be careful around the Thanksgiving …
Courtney O'Keefe
10:36 am on Friday, November 23, 2012
Hey, Although a day late, Olde Magoun's Saloon opens at 6pm on Thanksgiving and Christmas. On The Hill Tavern was also open yesterday at 6:30pm for the Patriots game. more ›