Restaurateurs Say No to Happy Hour; 'Scary Cheeses'

HUB-WIDE - Bars are restaurants don't want to see Happy Hour come back, says the Herald. At today's hearing opponents to changing the current regulations that make Happy Hour illegal include Boston restaurant big shots like Legal Sea Foods and The Aquitaine Group, which owns five area restaurants including Aquitaine and Gaslight. [BH]

BAY VILLAGE - Just in time for Halloween, the Boston Center for Adult Education is offering a class called "The Smell of Fear: Scary Cheeses." Adam Centamore of Formaggio Kitchen will guide students through a veritable haunted house of dairy. Thursday, October 25th, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, $65 to $75, register here: www.bcae.org. [Official Site]

UNION SQUARE - There's already a lot of restaurants opening in this part of town, but there could be even more on the horizon as part of Somerville's 20-year SomerVision plan. The Somerville Patch says the plans "would significantly transform Union Square" and would include new restaurants below new housing spaces. [Curbed, Patch]

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