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Victory Point owner Donato Frattaroli, center, welcomed four- and two-legged friends to the Marina Bay boardwalk in February 2020 for the debut Parade of Puppies.

Victory Point’s second annual Parade of Puppies kicks off Super Sunday celebration on the Boston waterfront

Post published:February 1, 2021
Post category:Travel

Victory Point (332 Victory Road; Marina Bay, Quincy, 617-481-1070) kicks off “Super Sunday” festivities on February 7 with its second annual Parade of Puppies on the Marina Bay boardwalk, held in partnership…

Immigrant restaurateur Leo Keka, right in dark jacket, celebrated his 30 years in America by donating $35,000 in Christmas bonuses to his staff at the end of 2020.

KJB Trending restaurants Alba, Alba on 53 end year of pandemic donating $35,000 in Christmas Eve bonuses to staff

Post published:January 12, 2021
Post category:Travel

Beloved immigrant restaurateur and KJB Trending Hospitality client Leo Keka was one America's greatest restaurant success stories of 2020, in a year of pandemic that otherwise eviscerated the nation's hospitality…

The team from landmark New England TV program "Chronicle" filming the Adams National Historical Park on Adams Street with KJB Trending in July 2020.

KJB Trending branded “America’s Most Historic Street” and turned it into a legacy PR home run for three communities

Post published:November 10, 2020
Post category:Travel

Millions of people drive down Adams Street each year and see little more than a leafy but crowded enclave amid Greater Boston’s urban sprawl. KJB Trending saw an extremely marketable story,…

The formal surrender of Imperial Japan took place in the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. Among the Allied armada in Tokyo Bay that day were many warships built in my hometown of Quincy, Mass.

Imperial Japan surrendered 75 years ago today – and my historic hometown led the way

Post published:September 2, 2020
Post category:Travel

Imperial Japan formally surrendered to the United States and Allied forces in Tokyo Bay 75 years ago today – Sept. 2, 1945 – bringing World War II to an end…

A splash of chunky sea salt adds an extra touch of waterfront flavor to Boardwalk Pizza.

Boardwalk Pizza brings uniquely delicious style of pie to the New England waterfront

Post published:August 17, 2020
Post category:Food & Drink Food Porn

Unleash a seasoned team of North End Italians upon Boston's South Shore and you get a uniquely delicious style of pizza. Boardwalk Pizza arrives at Victory Point in Marina Bay today in…

Piles of pizza at bar pie landmark Lynwood Cafe, including stacks to go in the South Shore style's signature brown paper bags.

21 reasons why South Shore bar pizza is America’s most delicious (and most eccentric) pizza tradition

Post published:May 13, 2020
Post category:Beer Cheese Dining Food & Drink Food Porn History Pubs Regional Food Sports Bars Travel

Plenty of bars around America, indeed around the world, serve pizza. After all, what culinary combination satiates the inner desires of mankind better than cold beer and hot pizza? Not…

The Alumni Cafe was a local institution for more than 50 years in what's known around Boston as South Shore-style bar pizza.

A tribute to an American culinary icon, the late, great Alumni Cafe

Post published:April 30, 2020
Post category:Travel

(This story originally ran in August 2013 in the Boston Herald upon the closing of a long-time American culinary institution, the Alumni Cafe of Quincy, Mass. The Alumni was a…