Doyles | 3484 Washington st | Jamaica Plain

[stick n move]

"Doyle's, beloved Boston bar, to be updated and restored under new plan"

"Watermark Development has the old Doyle's property at 3484 Washington St. under agreement, and plan to build a mixed-use building on the roughly 25,000 square foot lot....."
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[kingofsheeba]

 

[meddlepal]

Yuppie Doyle's.

Just pick a new name and stop pretending this is anything but a slap in the face of the entire neighborhood.

 

[kingofsheeba]

Yuppie Doyle's.

Just pick a new name and stop pretending this is anything but a slap in the face of the entire neighborhood.

I don’t have an issue with keeping the name. I agree regarding the yuppiefication of the neighborhood

 

[George_Apley]

At this point OG Doyles is an empty husk. Happy to take Yuppie Doyles and more housing given that.

 

[Jahvon09]

I have to see it to believe it!!

 

[Equilibria]

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[Downburst]

This is really exciting. IMO Brassica managing the Doyle's space is about as good of an outcome as you can get, short of the original owners coming back. And the grocery store is a huge win for the immediate area. I hope this gets approved ASAP.

 

[curcuas]

JP is where projects go to die, but this one is great

 

[sm89]

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The link didn't work for me. Anyone else have trouble?

 

[stick n move]

Not workin for me

 

[jklo]

It worked before. Must have deleted it.

 

[sm89]

New link: 2021-02-19_Small Project Review Application (SPRA)_Doyle's Café Restoration_2.pdf | Powered by Box

 

[datadyne007]

New link: 2021-02-19_Small Project Review Application (SPRA)_Doyle's Café Restoration_2.pdf | Powered by Box

 

[HenryAlan]

That's a very small grocery store.

 

[HarvardP]

That's a very small grocery store.

I picture the basement stockroom situation freeing up a lot of space, but it will still likely resemble a specialty market in size and variety.

 

[HenryAlan]

I picture the basement stockroom situation freeing up a lot of space, but it will still likely resemble a specialty market in size and variety.

I did a probably inaccurate estimate of my smallish neighborhood grocery, and it's almost twice the size.

 

[Lrfox]

I did a probably inaccurate estimate of my smallish neighborhood grocery, and it's almost twice the size.

I'm not sure what your neighborhood grocery store is, but BFresh/Stop & Shop in Davis Square is 11,000 square feet. So more than twice the size of the space right in this project and still very much a small grocery store.

 

[bigeman312]

I'll take it! I live nearby and this would be a massive value-add.

Question for those who seem to have a better grasp on grocery store size:

How would this compare in size to Yessenia's Market, Green Street Supermarket, or Ruggiero's.

 

[theSil]

To add one data point: I live above a slightly upscale 2,500 SF bodega in Brooklyn. I'm not a big cook, but that bodega almost exclusively provided me my groceries throughout the pandemic. It has all of the produce, meats, and dry goods needed for the simpler 80% of home cooked meals. I presume many of my neighbors do the same.