All the attention this spring around the arrival of WooSox has been a win for Worcester. That victory, though, was set up by a long line of brave innovators who took a chance and reinvented the Canal District into one of the hottest development zones around.
Birchtree Bread Co. partners with B.T.’s Fried Chicken and BBQ in Worcester to create ‘a sandwich of epic proportion’
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B.T.s Fried Chicken and BBQ collaborated with BirchTree Bread Co. in Worcester to created a fried chicken sandwich on a croissant.
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Add Birchtree Bread Co. and B.T.’s Fried Chicken and BBQ to the all-time list of dynamic food duos after the Worcester restaurants unveiled a collaboration on a new sandwich on Tuesday.
B.T’.s describes the creation as ‘a sandwich of epic proportion.” It features fried chicken from B.T.’s smothered in pimento cheese and squeezed between a sliced croissant from BirchTree Bread Co.
Bean Counter Bakery Owner Alice Lombardi worked as an engineer in the corporate world when she decided to leave to spend more time with her children, back in 1998.
Her employer tried to keep her, enticing her with remote work options long before working from home would become a typical job setup. Still, she said, the balance didn’t feel like enough.
“I am a perfectionist,” Lombardi said. “I’ve either got to do it the right way or no way at all. So I decided to just quit.”
Always an avid baker, she began bringing baked goods to mom groups and coffee hours in her neighborhood. After one mother suggested she sell her treats to local restaurants, Lombardi obtained a residential kitchen license.
The evolution of a ballpark
The DNA for Worcester’s Polar Park includes ideas from Camden Yards more than 3 decades after Larry Luchino, Janet Marie Smith built the iconic Baltimore ballpark
Updated on Jan 04, 2021;
Published on Jan 03, 2021
The diamond at Polar Park now looks like a baseball field with grass in the outfield, three bases, a pitchers mound and home plate.
Janet Marie Smith smiled when she heard the words “designated hitter.”
“I know what story you’re telling,” said Smith, the architect behind Polar Park, as she interrupted Charles Steinberg ,the president of the Worcester Red Sox.
Thirty-two years ago this December, Smith walked into the office of Larry Lucchino, then-president of the Baltimore Orioles, to discuss plans to build Camden Yards.