Saturday, January 29, 2011

 

Mo led the way to Boston's Latin Quarter when Yankees were in town

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1/26/11, From DigBoston.com, a letter about Boston's Latin Quarter neighborhood, Jamaica Plain:
A letter writer to "The Dig," BJ Ray, lamented the announcement of Whole Foods moving into Jamaica Plain. ...

"Known as Boston’s Latin Quarter, the area that extends from Hyde Square toward Jackson Square has been a place where a large portion of Boston’s Latino community and culture has thrived. There are few businesses along Centre Street where Spanish isn’t at least recognized. I tasted my first empanada in JP. I used to love that Pedro Martinez would come to UpMike’s Liquor in Hyde Square to get his Presidente lager. David Ortiz came to Hyde Square for his haircuts. Led by Mariano Rivera, many of the Latino members of the New York Yankees would always stop into to see Juan Reyes at Miami Restaurant

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