Now that Coppa’s finally serving up cordials and stuzzi in the South End and the second Parish Cafe is launching next week, Boston’s fall opening season is over. The good news: the vast majority of the twelve big openings we previewed back in August have, in fact, opened. The bad: almost none did so on time. We’ve got all the data, plus explanations for some of the most egregious delays. Let’s check in, shall we?
Post 390
Scheduled to Open: Late October
Actual Opening Date: October 3
Trina’s Starlite Lounge
Scheduled to Open: Mid-September
Actual Opening Date: September 25
Market
Scheduled to Open: October 22
Actual Opening Date: October 29
The Living Room
Scheduled to Open: October 22
Actual Opening Date: October 29 (note: due to a dispute with The Living Room, it is now called the W Lounge)
Woodward
Scheduled to Open: November 5
Actual Opening Date: November 19
Red Mango
Scheduled to Open: Early October
Actual Opening Date: Mid-November
Bistro du Midi
Scheduled to Open: Late October
Actual Opening Date: November 23
Reason for the Delay: “When they laid down the floor, they had a few days of rain, which meant extra moisture, so everything had to stop for a few days,” reports spokesperson Martha Sullivan.
The Regal Beagle
Scheduled to Open: September 15
Actual Opening Date: November 3
Reason for the Delay: “After gutting the whole restaurant, we found things we didn’t expect to have to fix” says spokesperson Nicole Tocchio.
Lord Hobo
Scheduled to Open: Late September
Actual Opening Date: November 19
Coppa
Scheduled to Open: September 15
Actual Opening Date: December 9
Reason for the Delay: Construction wasn’t completed until early November, but the real issue was a delayed inspection from the fire department, according to Jamie Bissonnette’s Twitter.
Olecito Brookline
Scheduled to Open: September 15
Actual Opening Date: Still not open; currently projected for mid-January
Reason for the Delay: “There’s a power issue in the building,” says Erwin Ramos “and I’m the kind of person who wants to make sure everything’s ready when we open.”
Curly Cakes
Scheduled to Open: October 20
Actual Opening Date: Still not open; currently projected for January
Earlier: Fall Preview: Where and What to Eat
