An underground food pantry in Boston draws needy families, and the cityâs disapproval
By Zoe Greenberg Globe Staff,Updated December 25, 2020, 5:27 p.m.
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Volunteers set up the food pantry in the parking lot of the Phineas Bates Elementary School.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
On a bright and freezing Friday afternoon, a stream of people arrived at the parking lot of an elementary school in Roslindale to visit an underground food pantry.
They rummaged through crates of carrots, potatoes, and eggplants, examining frozen meats and fresh eggs. Some slipped a dollar into a white donation bucket as they made their way among the cardboard boxes. Many had lost jobs and had families to feed over the holidays: They were planning to make pancakes, bake lasagna, roast chickens.