Miso Market to Close; Bon Me/Blue Room Pop-Up Picnic

GOVERNMENT CENTER — Frost Ice Bar still has a few weeks to go before opening at Faneuil Hall, but that hasn't stopped the upcoming chilly venue from hosting a variety of preview events elsewhere. BostInno's got photos of an ice-sculpturing event the restaurant sponsored outside Quincy Market today. [BostInno]

PORTER SQUARE — A Chowhound user reports that Cambridge's Miso Market is closing next month. The Japanese grocery shop is located steps from the Porter Square shopping center and just a bit down the street from the Japanese food court, Porter Exchange, which used to have a grocery shop of its own until it closed a few years ago. [CH]

GREENWAY — Bon Me and The Blue Room are partnering up to throw a pop-up picnic on July 31st, a week from tonight, from 6pm to 9pm (rain or shine). The menu includes a chilled cucumber soup shooter by Bon Me, forbidden rice pudding by The Blue Room, and more. $25 in advance, $30 at the event. [Brown Paper Tickets via BRT]
[Photo: The Blue Room/Facebook]