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A new national sandwich shop will be opening its doors soon in Watertown Square.
Jimmy John’s will take over one of the spots in the shopping plaza where Staples used to be, at 11 Mt. Auburn St. (at the Watertown Square intersection). Jimmy John Liautaud opened his first restaurant in a converted garage in Charleston, Ill., in 1983 when he was just 19 years old. Now, the company has more than 2,400 locations in 43 states.
The Aegean Restaurant has closed its doors after more than a decade in Watertown.
The Greek restaurant opened in town in 2001, according to the restaurant’s website. Located at 640 Arsenal St., across from Miller’s Ale House, Aegean closed at the end of December. The closing was “beyond the owner’s control,” according to the report on Boston.com. While the Watertown location closed, Aegean’s location in Framingham remains open.
After 8 years of refining their concept, Spoodles Soup Factory of Foxborough is thrilled to announce the opening of their second location in Belmont, Massachusetts. The second outlet is located at 374 Trapelo Road, and is open Monday-Thursday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
Spoodles Soup Factory in Belmont serves delicious, hearty portions of soup. Each of their recipes are prepared daily to achieve the highest levels of quality and taste, and are conveniently packaged for takeout or to eat on the go. Still hungry? Each soup can be complimented perfectly by a diverse selection of sandwiches, made fresh each day.
ChopChop Magazine seeks to build a test kitchen to further its mission of spreading healthy cooking ideas to children and families, and it needs your help. The Watertown-based organization has an Indiegogo campaign going to raise the $50,000 needed to build the test kitchen. “While we have made progress in getting kids to cook, we are lacking a kitchen to test recipes and offer hands-on cooking classes. Please help us build out a kitchen that will provide a place for local kids to build confidence and life-long skills,” says ChopChop’s appeal. The kitchen will be located in Belmont and will serve as a place for families to learn how to cook the dishes developed by ChopChop, and will be very convenient for families in Watertown and Belmont.
Live Well Watertown and ChopChop Magazine will come together to present an event where residents age 55+ and their young guests can learn how to make healthy edible gifts. ChopChop: The Fun Cooking Magazine for Families invites you to come by yourself or bring a child, grandchild, niece or nephew, and learn how to make a delicious Striped Soup Mix. Participants will create an edible gift to give to someone this holiday season and samples will be served. The workshop will take place at the Community Room at the Apartments at Coolidge School, 319 Arlington St. in Watertown.
The Watertown Public Schools has joined with local partners to promote healthy eating and cooking, and will present a healthy cooking workshop with live demonstrations and tastings, plus activities for kids.
Parents are invited to participate in presentations from WPS Food Service Director, Garden Coordinator, ChopChop, Live Well Watertown, and Metrowest Nutrition, 0n Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 5:30-7 p.m in the cafeteria at Lowell Elementary School, 175 Orchard St.. ChopChop sent out the following information:
ChopChop Kids, the non-profit behind ChopChop: The Fun Cooking Magazine for Families has joined forces with Watertown Savings Bank and the Watertown Wellness Committee to promote healthy eating and cooking in the town of Watertown. ChopChop will be distributed to all elementary school students in the Watertown Public Schools for the 2015-2016 school year. In addition, each issue includes lesson plans for teachers to use ChopChop in the classroom. “The bank is pleased to be able to support this program,” said Carole Katz, VP of Marketing at Watertown Savings Bank.
As a child growing up in Watertown, Andrew Holden saw the Arsenal complex as a forbidding place behind a big fence. Now, he has helped open up a new restaurant, Branch Line, which he hopes to bring many people to the Arsenal on the Charles to enjoy some food and drink – some of it from sources right in town. Holden, the owner of Branch Line, has worked with the owner of the restaurant at Eastern Standard in Kenmore Square. It offers the style of food found in places like Italy, France and Greece, featuring dished prepared on a rotisserie as well as in a wood-fired grill. To begin with, the rotisserie will be used to make chicken, but the menu will evolve over time, Holden said.
Attention kid chefs, Fox will be holding a casting call in Boston for MasterChef Junior. The show features young chefs competing in cooking competitions, which are judged by, among others, Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsey. MasterChef Junior stars and season 4 premiers on Nov. 6 on Fox. The Boston casting call is for season 5 of MasterChef Junior.