• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • 5 DOUBLE-U’S
    • MASTHEAD
    • DISTRIBUTION
    • ADVERTISE
    • SUBMISSIONS
    • PRIVACY POLICY
    • Close
  • BECOME A MEMBER

Dig Bos

The Dig - Boston's Only Newspaper

READ CURRENT STREET ISSUE

DIG Year End 2020

small business

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BOSTON

Written by ANNIE SANDOLI Posted April 2, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Raven Used Books storefront photo

Help them fight COVID-19

Filed Under: COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: bookstore, coronavirus, COVID-19, Massachusetts, mutual aid, Op-Ed, opinion, Raven Used Books, slider, small business, solidarity

LOUD IDLE: CHRIS TKACH OF IDLE HANDS ON THE OUSTER FROM EVERETT

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted July 9, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Honest Pint, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE

"I’m not sure everybody realizes [that] in the end the millions and millions of dollars that that property is generating is not going back to somebody that’s sitting in Everett. [It’s] going some place else."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Honest Pint, Honest Pint, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Boston, Chris Tkach, craft beer, Everett, Idle Hands Brewing, nano brewery, night shift brewing, small business, Wynn casino

SHINE ON: NEW CENTRAL SQUARE SHOP BRINGS QUIRKY AWESOMENESS

Written by CADY VISHNIAC Posted January 15, 2015 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop

King hoped to make her store “colorful and quirky and dynamic and poppy, and well-curated, hopefully.” And she’s succeeded.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop Tagged With: birthday, blue gallery, Cambridge, cards, central square, emma king, gear, gifts, holidays, mexican wrestling, pillows, shine, shop, shopping, small business, usb, Valentine's Day, wine openers

NEW KIDS IN THE HALL: THE INVENTOR OF THE SIX-PANEL VISOR BRINGS NANTUCKET TO FANEUIL HALL

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted December 10, 2014 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop

Walking into TownPool, the new Faneuil Hall emporium of antique house goods and Massachusetts-by-way-of-Colorado-style clothing, is a bit like walking into the coolest independent found-objects store in a former greenhouse that you’ve ever seen. One that exists in stark contrast with the suburban mall-esque varieties of big-brand brethren all around Quincy Market.
The space is the brainchild of Luke Gutelius who, after partnering with pal Sean Dew—a Nantucket native born and raised on the Grey Lady herself, who began working at the original TownPool store on ACK when still in high school—opened the mainland outpost two weeks ago. The result has been overwhelming.

 

“We totally underestimated how busy we’d be,” says Gutelius, “I understand Nantucket, but with Faneuil Hall the seventh-most-foot-trafficked place in world, now the big challenge is having staff to meet the demand.”

 

That sense of new business nervousness is well earned. Gutelius, who invented the six-panel visor in 1999 and spent 10 years manufacturing them for everyone from colleges to the NFL while working out of a Manchester, NH, office across from Segway inventor Dean Kamen’s workspace (“We used to watch him land his helicopter on the roof every morning”), says the first two days of business here each smashed the best days ever at the Nantucket store.

 

The vintage mid-century items lining the space (courtesy of a CT-based vintage dealer) are also for sale, and Gutelius says they sold a couple in the first 10 minutes of being open.

At present they stock loads of Flaherty outerwear and sweaters, Gumleaf English Wellington boots (tested to -10 degrees Farenheit), and flasks, belts, and coasters from the original needlepoint design company, Smathers & Branson. For curation, Gutelius personally meets with each brand he carries.

 

“I care about working with people who I enjoy being with,” he says.

 

=&0=& NOW OPEN, 1 FANEUIL HALL MARKETPLACE.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop Tagged With: antique, clothing, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Faneuil Hall, Flaherty, gifts, independant, nantucket, new business, outerwear, small business, sweaters, Wellington boots

TODAY IN LICENSING: DOT 2 DOT CAFE IN DORCHESTER, NOW WITH BOOZE

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Drinks, News, Performing Arts

Everyone likes booze.

Filed Under: Drinks, News, Performing Arts Tagged With: alcohol, at large, avenue stage, Ayanna Pressley, Booze, boston licensings, Breakfast, city councilor, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Dorchester, dot, dot 2 dot cafe, full, Live Performance, lunch, main streets, Mattapan, news, Roxbury, small business, theater, universal hub

Primary Sidebar

HEMPIRE FREEDOM PACK 25% OFF

FEATURED EVENT

Most Popular

  • APPOINTED SOMERVILLE OFFICIAL SPURS OUTRAGE WITH TWEETS FROM DC MOB SCENE by MARC LEVY
  • NO HONEYMOON FOR BIDEN: 1/20 PROTEST ON BOSTON COMMON, 4 PM by MATTHEW ANDREWS
  • VIDEO: COP WHO BRAGGED THAT HE HIT PROTESTERS SHOWS HOW BAD APPLES THRIVE IN BOSTON by CHRIS FARAONE
  • PRISON HORRORS BY THE NUMBERS by SARAH BETANCOURT
  • IT’S HARDER THAN EVER TO FIND A BATHROOM IN BOSTON. WHAT’S THE CITY DOING ABOUT IT? by ZACK HUFFMAN

READ CURRENT MEMBER EDITION

DIG Member 1.9 – 11/26/20

READ CURRENT STREET ISSUE

DIG Year End 2020

Footer

digbos

“Trump was voted out. However, this is not a man “Trump was voted out. However, this is not a mandate for #Biden and #Harris.” https://digboston.com/photos-recap-no-honeymoon-for-biden-rally-in-boston/ #photo #rally #march #left #protest #inauguration #Boston #Massachusetts
OPINION: IS DISSENT ANTI-NATIONALISM OR PATRIOTISM OPINION: IS DISSENT ANTI-NATIONALISM OR PATRIOTISM? #Boston #protest for Indian farmers, Saturday 1/23/21, 12-1 pm at the #Massachusetts State House https://digboston.com/opinion-is-dissent-anti-nationalism-or-patriotism/ #India #politics #food #farmer #protest #justice #solidarity @monica_gill1
HOW ONE MASS TOWN TOOK EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO A HOW ONE MASS TOWN TOOK EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO APPEASE A CONTROVERSIAL COP https://digboston.com/no-justice-how-officials-in-one-mass-town-took-extraordinary-measures-to-appease-a-controversial-cop/ #ArlingtonMA #police #reform #cop #racism #controversy #BlackLivesMatter #Massachusetts
Ghost kitchens simply don’t have a need for host Ghost kitchens simply don’t have a need for hosts, servers, bartenders, bussers … What happens to those #jobs if virtual kitchens continue to flourish? https://digboston.com/ghost-story-virtual-kitchens-appear-to-be-the-next-big-thing-but-at-what-cost/ #restaurant #labor #work #Boston #Massachusetts #coronavirus #COVID19
“I don’t think we’re going to wake up on Jan “I don’t think we’re going to wake up on Jan. 7 in the same country we went to bed in on the 6th.” https://digboston.com/former-mass-gubernatorial-candidate-predicted-violence-before-assault-on-capitol/ #politics #Massachusetts #national #Capitol #WashingtonDC #MAGA
RADICAL AND RELEVANT: THE LIFE OF HARRY BRILL http RADICAL AND RELEVANT: THE LIFE OF HARRY BRILL https://digboston.com/radical-and-relevant-the-life-of-harry-brill/ #obituary #organizer #radical #sociologist #democracy #politics @UMassBoston @BklynCollege411 @UCBerkeley #Boston #Massachusetts #NewYorkCity #Berkeley #California
NO HONEYMOON FOR BIDEN: 1/20 #PROTEST ON BOSTON CO NO HONEYMOON FOR BIDEN: 1/20 #PROTEST ON BOSTON COMMON, 4 PM https://digboston.com/no-honeymoon-for-biden-1-20-protest-on-boston-common-4-pm/ #opinion #progressive #left #action #inauguration #Boston #Massachusetts
Light and sweet and hoppy, we’re loving this lat Light and sweet and hoppy, we’re loving this latest incarnation of a #beer that’s been in the making for months. https://digboston.com/video-jacks-abby-x-boston-celtics-pride-and-parquet-hoppy-lager-unboxing-tasting/ #fun #video #review #Boston #Massachusetts
Jostling for position and influence are the disadv Jostling for position and influence are the disadvantaged candidates, existing industry participants, and municipalities … https://digboston.com/the-road-to-home-delivery-pt-5-dogs-in-the-fight-identifying-the-players/ #cannabis #politics #analysis #Massachusetts
The candidates will be interviewed about the upcom The candidates will be interviewed about the upcoming race. https://digboston.com/wu-and-campbell-to-speak-at-mayoral-candidate-webinar/ #politics #mayor #campaign #Boston #Massachusetts
Load More... Follow on Instagram
Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Submissions

Advertise

Privacy Policy

Customer Service

Distribution

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an e-mail blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: [email protected] To reach Editorial: [email protected] For internship opportunities: [email protected]