• The City Council voted unanimously to allow year-round outdoor seating for restaurants. [Globe]
Previously: Boston’s Outdoor Season Could Grow
• A delivery man for Chinese Noodle was held up at gunpoint in South Boston last night. [Universal Hub]
• A new Senate proposal could raise the tax on beer 145 percent and wine 233 percent. [NYP]
• Daniel Carasso, who as president of Dannon helped popularize yogurt worldwide, has died at 103. [NYT]
• Fans of au courant green wild watercress, beware! If it grows in polluted waters, it can cause a nasty liver ailment. [WSJ]