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Readers share their memories of Eastern Standard in Kenmore Square


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Almost a year after the pandemic entered our lives, the list of restaurant closures has continued to grow and the farewell announcements haven’t become easier to process. When news hit Thursday that Eastern Standard, along with sister restaurants Island Creek Oyster Bar and The Hawthorne, had permanently shuttered, it was a gut punch to both occasional visitors and regular guests.
The iconic Kenmore Square restaurant within the Hotel Commonwealth helped jumpstart the careers of many in the Boston restaurant industry, with some taking to social media to share their own Eastern Standard memories.
“I remember the first time I sat at this bar,” Will Isaza, director of operations for Blossom Bar and Ivory Pearl in Brookline,” wrote on Instagram. “I’ll always remember that this was my education. …Tonight we’ll raise a few for you, with the hopes of seeing that name attached to another building.” ....

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