Downeast Back Porch on The Greenway
When:
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 4:00p -
Sunday, Sep 30, 2018 9:00p
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 4:00p -
Sunday, Sep 30, 2018 9:00p
Where:
Dewey Square Park
700 Atlantic Ave
Boston, MA 02110
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Alcohol, Date Idea, Food, Music
Event website:
https://downeastcider.com/pages/back-porch
Popping up on a portion of the plaza at Dewey Square Park, the Downeast Back Porch on The Greenway will create a relaxed, dynamic, and family-friendly space with a rotating mix of food truck, lawn games, live music, and other events. The Back Porch will debut on Wednesday, May 23rd and remain open five days a week through October.
Hours:
Monday: 4-9p
Wednesday: 4-9p
Friday: 4-9p
Saturday: 12-9p
Sunday: 12-7p
All operating dates and times are subject to weather. Follow @HelloGreenway & @DowneastCider for updates.
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The Rose Kennedy Greenway announced the selection of the partner to operate a new pop-up “drinkery” on The Greenway’s 17-acre linear park. East Boston-based Downeast Cider House has been chosen to run the Downeast Back Porch on The Greenway, right in bustling Dewey Square, across from South Station.
This partnership brings Downeast’s unfiltered craft cider to The Greenway’s contemporary and popular location. Together, they will further the use of Dewey Square Park as a outdoor, casual, and dynamic place to relax in the heart of downtown Boston.
Downeast, which was founded in Maine in 2011 and is now headquartered locally just across the Harbor in East Boston, is known for pioneering the unfiltered craft cider category. Recently, they were named to the Boston Business Journal's "Fast 50," as one of the fastest growing companies in Massachusetts for the second consecutive year. At the Downeast Back Porch on The Greenway, five ciders will be on tap, including a Greenway-only release, Mint Lemonade. In addition to the cider offering, a rotating selection of New England craft brewers will be featured, with a new brewery showcased each week, as well as wine from Half Bottle Cans.
Conservancy and Downeast officials expect the Back Porch to operate from late May through October on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday evenings, plus Saturdays and Sundays. The Back Porch will be setting up on a portion of the plaza at Dewey Square Park each day to create a relaxed, dynamic, and family-friendly space. A rotating mix of food trucks will be paired with the Back Porch for fun, varied food options. Additional details about the operations, capacity and layout of the drinkery will be available later this spring and are subject to contract finalization and state and city permitting regulations.
The Greenway Conservancy, nonprofit steward of the state-owned Greenway, has significantly grown earned income to over $1.1M annually by adding park visitor amenities that also benefit the organization’s bottom-line. Those efforts have led to the robust Greenway Mobile Eats food truck program, the farmers and artisan markets, hundreds of free events and promotional activities, and the revered Greenway Carousel at the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Grove. The Downeast Back Porch on The Greenway will be a new park amenity that complements the 400 free events, 7 dramatic water features, all-organic horticulture program, community-oriented Play program, and award-winning contemporary public art exhibits.
(Image via @downeastcider on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/BjDZ304je7I )
