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Apartment buildings are bringing work perks home by putting food lockers in the lobby Food lockers and pods are making apartment lobbies feel more like the office breakroom By Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,Updated March 8, 2021, 10:55 a.m. Email to a Friend When Junru Chen gets hungry and doesn’t feel like cooking, the 24-year-old no longer turns to take-out. Chen simply walks to the lobby of his apartment building and peers through the window of a temperature-controlled locker that resembles something from an Automat, the slightly futuristic precursor to fast-food restaurants from many deca...

LAKEVILLE — Quietly, and without any fanfare, the town’s first cannabis product kitchen was recently cleared to start cooking up marijuana edibles by the Board of Health. Except for the products to be created, it was another routine approval of a commercial kitchen operation for the board. Bountiful Farms Inc. of Franklin received the license to operate the kitchen at 200 Kenneth Welch Drive in the town’s primary industrial park at the Feb. 3 meeting of the Board of Health after Health Agent Ed Cullen reported finding “everything’s in order” during his pre-opening inspection. The...

100 top restaurants for takeout in Boston and beyond Globe food writers reveal where to pick up some of the very best meals from local, independent restaurants. By Devra First and Kara Baskin Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated February 11, 2021, 10:02 a.m. Email to a Friend A month ago, The Boston Globe launched Project Takeout, an initiative asking you to do your (delicious) civic duty: Get food to go that you can afford from a local, independent restaurant. Restaurants are in a fight for their lives due to the pandemic, but takeout doesn’t just support these small businesse...

3 restaurants we supported this week Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff. Email to a Friend FAMILY MEAL If another week of pandemic life has left you too tired to cook, you’re in luck. Family Meal, a pop-up takeout restaurant in Jamaica Plain, is offering convenient, delicious meals that probably taste better than anything you would have cooked, anyway. This operation is a one-woman show, run by Eliza Purvis-Lemasters, an out-of-work chef who was looking for a way to bring in income and help busy families during the winter. The re...

Aberration or apparition? Ghost kitchens could replace your favorite haunt These virtual restaurants offer chefs a lifeline during a pandemic, and beyond. By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent,Updated January 26, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Back in the old days of 2019, you’d visit a restaurant to chat with the bartender, see a familiar waiter, and enjoy a favorite dish. Now that restaurant might actually be a ghost kitchen — no bartender, no waiter, and maybe a completely new dish, too. Many top restaurateurs are trying out ghost concepts to weather the pandemic, and some are c...