The owner of South End Buttery has asked me to pass along this letter in advance of his presentation at our meeting this Wednesday.
Dear Neighbors,
The press of business this past week has kept me from getting in touch with you sooner regarding some important zoning and licensing matters related to the proposed expansion of the South End Buttery café at 314 Shawmut Avenue. The exchange of e-mails regarding 550 Tremont Street over the past few days, however, has reminded me how very important it is to me -- and should be to all business owners -- to work with the community on such concerns.
As a Union Park resident for almost 14 years and a business owner on the edge of the Union Park and Eight Streets Neighborhood Associations for the past two years, I am committed to operating a business that serves our community's best interests. To that end, the Buttery offers a unique dining experience in the South End, offering modestly priced food using the best and freshest ingredients (and organic ingredients as much as possible). Recently, we have even started creating a number of vegetarian and vegan options to address our customers' diets. Operating out of our small space, however, has become impossible for the long run and we are looking at increasing our size by expanding into the architecture firm behind us. Among other improvements, the expansion will allow us to create a better system for waste disposal and will enable us to be more environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of paper and plastic products used to serve food in-house. In this initial stage of design and planning, we would like to work in cooperation with you to create a space that best suits our neighborhood, as we have since opening a little over a year ago.
More extensive discussions regarding these issues were scheduled by my attorney last week and will take place this Wednesday evening before the Eight Streets Neighborhood Association. At that time, I will be glad to share a sample menu with you and answer any questions you may have about the proposed expansion. I welcome your comments throughout this process and look forward to working with you.
Best,
Richard Gordon
Owner, South End Buttery
617-549-2776
The press of business this past week has kept me from getting in touch with you sooner regarding some important zoning and licensing matters related to the proposed expansion of the South End Buttery café at 314 Shawmut Avenue. The exchange of e-mails regarding 550 Tremont Street over the past few days, however, has reminded me how very important it is to me -- and should be to all business owners -- to work with the community on such concerns.
As a Union Park resident for almost 14 years and a business owner on the edge of the Union Park and Eight Streets Neighborhood Associations for the past two years, I am committed to operating a business that serves our community's best interests. To that end, the Buttery offers a unique dining experience in the South End, offering modestly priced food using the best and freshest ingredients (and organic ingredients as much as possible). Recently, we have even started creating a number of vegetarian and vegan options to address our customers' diets. Operating out of our small space, however, has become impossible for the long run and we are looking at increasing our size by expanding into the architecture firm behind us. Among other improvements, the expansion will allow us to create a better system for waste disposal and will enable us to be more environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of paper and plastic products used to serve food in-house. In this initial stage of design and planning, we would like to work in cooperation with you to create a space that best suits our neighborhood, as we have since opening a little over a year ago.
More extensive discussions regarding these issues were scheduled by my attorney last week and will take place this Wednesday evening before the Eight Streets Neighborhood Association. At that time, I will be glad to share a sample menu with you and answer any questions you may have about the proposed expansion. I welcome your comments throughout this process and look forward to working with you.
Best,
Richard Gordon
Owner, South End Buttery
617-549-2776
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