Brothers Deli is an essential part of Mattapan Square, opening at 7:30 a.m. seven days a week to serve up hearty breakfasts, scrambled eggs and grits, and other fare for the steady stream of people coming in off Blue Hill Avenue. Nine years ago, it was also the site of a fateful meeting between three state lawmakers who had just toured a MBTA-owned vacant lot on River Street,
The Loop a new, 135-unit, mixed-use building next to Mattapan MBTA station celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday morning with a ribbon cutting and speeches from dignitaries who had gathered to mark the milestone. “It was only a few years ago this was all blacktop, and now look at it,” said N. Paul TonThat , executive director of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation,