Above: Three restaurants have already opened outdoor dining in Southborough. It looks like more may be coming soon. (images cropped from Facebook posts by Mauro’s Village Cafe and Red Barn Coffee)
Today I learned that two Southborough restaurants are pursuing plans to open outdoor dining. It prompted me to look to see if any restaurants in town had already successfully done that. Three have. So, it’s time for an update.
Outdoor Dining Service (plus takeout)
The following restaurants are already promoting outdoor dining in addition to takeout.
Mauro’s Village Cafe, (508) 485-8730, Facebook – The downtown eatery announced its opening of outdoor dining on June 13th, at it’s tables on the sidewalk and in the parking lot.
Owen O’Leary’s, (508) 481-1714, Facebook – The Southborough location’s patio opened for service on June 8th.
Red Barn Coffee Café (Rte 9 West location), (508) 481-9556, Facebook, The westbound location announced the opening of patio dining on June 8th. (This is also the location offering a curbside pickup groceries market.)
More coming soon?
The Board of Selectmen’s agenda for Tuesday night includes “Approve alcohol license alteration of premises request for outdoor seating”. Hola! and New Rose Garden are the two listed applicants.
Based on another June 23rd agenda item, more restaurants could follow without needing to wait for a future BOS meeting.
Selectmen are slated to discuss outdoor dining during the state of emergency. Town Administrator Mark Purple is asking the board to consider drafted temporary rules and regulations. His cover memo explains that to expedite assisting businesses, he is requesting authority to approve applications for temporary outdoor dining. (You can read that here.)
Open for takeout/delivery
Earlier this spring, I shared a list of what establishments were open for takeout, delivery, and/or curbside. Below is the updated status. (Some are using third party vendors like DoorDash and/or GrubHub for delivery.)
- Cold Stone Creamery
- Dunkin’ Donuts
- Domino’s Pizza, (508) 481-3939
- Eros Gourmet Pizza & Deli, (508) 485-1211
- ¡Hola! Restaurante & Tequila Bar, (508) 460-2058 details on Facebook
- New Rose Garden RestaurantPizza 19, (508) 281-0319
- Pizzaville, (508) 281-0555
- Southborough House of Pizza, (508) 481-6511
- Starbucks
- Subway, (508) 460-3385
- Wendy’s
- Yama Fuji Asia Cuisine, (508) 460-9400
- Zumi Pizza, (508) 573-3138 details on Facebook
Temporarily Closed – with details worth noting:
Red Barn Coffee Café (Rte 9 East location) – The west location is open with outdoor dining
The Vin Bin – 508-485-8884 – Calls to the Southborough store are forwarded to the owners’ Marlborough location. That location is offering free delivery to Southborough with the purchase of $50 of more of our dry goods and alcohol. Email info@thevinbin.com to get your order started.
Tomasso Trattoria & Enoteca (It appears that they had reopened temporarily. As of May 30th, they announced:
we will be suspending our takeout service. . . We will open again once our dining room is allowed to open. Please check back for updates as they are available. Please stay safe, we will see you in a few weeks.
(image cropped from wikimedia commons)
