SHARES
Two piping plovers named Monty and Rose decided to nest on Montrose Beach just north of downtown Chicago. (Great Lakes Now Episode 1026)
By Rachel Duckett
Piping plovers, a small white-and-gray shorebird with striking orange legs, are making a comeback this summer – on the beach and at the bar.
The plover has been on the federal endangered species list since 1985, when the Great Lakes plover population dropped to about a dozen pairs.
In 2019, when two plovers were sighted on a busy beach in Chicago, birders worked to create a sanctuary space for them. The two little birds were named Monty and Rose and have since attracted a dedicated following.
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The last time we heard about at Burlington’s Island Creek Oyster Bar, the team behind the restaurant group had announced it was closing both locations and rebranding the Burlington stop as Row 34, already known in Boston and Portsmouth, New Hampshire for fresh seafood and a progressive beer menu. Now that the new outpost has officially opened for business, we checked in with co-owners Jeremy Sewall and Shore Gregory to see what has changed and what Burlington’s restaurant-goers can expect from the new establishment.
The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.
The last time we spoke, we were talking about changes to the Island Creek Oyster Bar. What has happened since then?
TABLES
Shore Leave renounces tiki concept, Dorchester gets a new seafood spot, and the Union Square Farmers Market returns
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By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent,Updated May 13, 2021, 1:47 p.m.
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Shore Leave (11 William E. Mullins Way), which opened as a tiki bar in 2018, reopened on May 1 with a reframed concept.
âThe tiki concept is problematic because it promoted the fetishization of the colonization of the Pacific Islands,â says partner Ryan Lotz. âIt relies on a variety of things that were taken from a group of people without their consent.â