A rent increase sent the Milky Way packing from its location in Jamaica Plain's Hyde Square, a neighborhood that has been revitalized since the restaurant first opened, more than 15 years ago.
We learned the news almost a year ago that Hyde Square landmark the Milky Way Lounge was going to have to abandon its digs after its landlords, Mordechai Levin and Terry Bruce, demanded a $11,000 increase in monthly rent. And it's finally happened. The last game of candlepin at the Milky Way was rolled last night.
The restaurant's owners held a New Orleans style funeral procession to mourn the end of their 15 year history in Hyde Square and the beginning of the next chapter of their business, which will reopen in the Brewery complex in April.
Check out this video of the march by Joseph Porcelli, founder of Neighbors for Neighbors:
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