South End Parish Cafe To Close

SOUTH END, MA — After eight years in business at the corner of Mass Ave and Tremont, the Parish Cafe's second location is set to close. Fans of Parish's rotating list of sandwiches, concocted by chefs across Boston need not fret just yet. The Back Bay spot on Boylston street is still kicking, with no plans to close. And there may be a new location coming soon.

Food blog Eater Boston reported it got the word straight from co-owner of the casual restaurant Gordon Wilcox.

“After a successful run, my partners and I decided to sell Parish Café II to the owners of New York Pizza,” said Wilcox. “George [Axiotis] and I are friends, and he made us an offer we couldn’t refuse.”

Wilcox told Eater that the South End Parish Cafe will shutter on August 21, but is eyeing the Financial District first for a possible next spot to set up shop.

In the meantime there's a B.L.T. on the menu created by Joanne Chang of Flour Bakery and Myers + Chan. You might want to stop by and grab that.

And then there's a twist on ye old ham sandwich by Chef Jeremy Sewell of Row 34:

The owner of New York Pizza is also behind the Greek South End restaurant called Kava Neo-Taverna, and Puro Ceviche Bar in Back Bay, Eater reports.

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