Ziggy Bombs started out as a pop-up shop, then started an extremely popular food truck business, and has just opened their first restaurant located in the Grid District in Downtown Worcester.
This will be a great additional amenity to the residents of the Grid District, who already get to enjoy the Worcester Beer Garden and the Brew on the Grid café centrally located in the Grid District. We wish you a happy opening day, Ziggy Bombs!
“Eight freshly renovated one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartments will open to new tenants next month in what was once a long-vacant building steps from City Hall and Worcester Common — the latest in a series of transformations spurring the downtown renaissance.
Property Manager Scott Johnson called the building “just a shell” when the management group acquired the property. It rises five stories tall with a commercial space at street level. Now, it is a “luxury apartment building” with rents priced at $1,750 per month.
“We framed it, built it out and everything is brand new,” said Johnson, who oversees the management group’s Worcester portfolio consisting of eight buildings with 549 units in total.
The ground level previously housed a MetroPCS store, that was moved to a commercial space in the neighboring building Johnson said. The upper levels sat vacant and unused for “quite some time” according to Johnson, though he could not give an exact amount of time. Some of the upper floors also had boarded windows in archived Google Street View images.”
The Worcester Beer Garden, operated by Grid Hospitality an affiliate of MG2 Group, will be reopening from winter hiatus tomorrow! The Worcester Beer Garden is located in the Grid District and is looking forward to returning to the Downtown Worcester location.
The new GM Andrea Dunne states in the following article: “We’re happy to be a part of what’s happening in downtown Worcester,” she said. “The growth and rejuvenation is fantastic and we’re really proud and happy to be part of that”. Click the link below to read more about the live music, 35+ beers on tap, and other additions to the Worcester Beer Garden this year.
We’ve expanded our footprint from Downtown Worcester to Gateway Park via our building 95 Prescott: The Bearing. The City of Worcester is becoming a hub for startup businesses and this building has office space, flex space and private garage bays. We are now leasing spaces and helping achieve the City’s goal of growing and retaining businesses.
With a combination of modern, industrial and exposed brick and beam interior finishes, the opportunity for these spaces is endless. Perfect for industrial, offices, retail space, and warehouse tenants, with easy access to the highway and public transportation. We envision tenants taking advantage of the close proximity to hotels and conference centers and hospitals. Along with the great location, 95 Prescott includes onsite parking. We’re excited to add new and updated commercial space to Worcester.
Article by Chris Van Buskirk | Telegram
WORCESTER — “Hodgepodge.”
That’s what Leah Urbano, director of entertainment at The Grid Hospitality Group, uses to describe the different acts slated to perform in a brand-new event space set to open in downtown Worcester.
“We have high hopes for the space and the sky’s the limit, really. As far as the music, that we want to bring in there we’d like to try everything based on what the area will bring for us,” she said in a phone interview. “We’re talking about Latin, jazz, hip-hop, rock, jam bands, folk, blues, swing, (and) reggae.”
The Pavilion at the Beer Garden is set to open Tuesday with a jam-packed schedule of local bands, Boston DJs and DeadBeat, a Grateful Dead cover band. The event space will host everything from burlesque to country music and corporate parties to DJs.
Entering into The Pavilion at the Beer Garden is almost like walking into a state-of-the-art festival tent that isn’t moving anytime soon. The high ceilings made up of white canvas and airy dance floor with modern staging, lighting, video and sound systems could make the most road-hardened artists pause.
A nearby bar whose front is made up of black and white tiles will serve up to 20 draft beers. For those wanting to take a break from the festivities, stools at the bar offer a welcoming reprieve — not to mention that the four flat-screen TVs can keep one distracted for hours.
Read full article here.
Article by Aviva Luttrell | aluttrell@masslive.com
WORCESTER — Worcester’s Brew Beer Garden will open its new 300-person Pavilion entertainment and event space next week with a lineup of DJs and musicians.
The Pavilion at Brew Beer Garden is scheduled to open Tuesday with a performance by the local XS Band. The event is open to all ages and there is no cover fee.
The new space will feature a wide variety of musical genres and entertainment, as well as various themed and and private events, including weddings. The Pavilion has a 300-person standing capacity, 28-foot stage, full sound and lights and a 19-foot LED video wall.
It adjoins the Beer Garden on Franklin Street, which has 36 beers on tap, a full dining menu, an outdoor terrace and indoor live entertainment.
The Pavilion will feature ticketed national concerts, local showcases and more, the company said in an announcement.
Next week’s lineup includes Boston’s DJ Sisko on Thursday; DeadBeat — a Grateful Dead tribute band — on Friday; and a variety of bands followed by DJ TecThreat during an all-day grand opening event on Saturday.
Sunday will feature Boston Beautease — a summer-themed burlesque show.
Photos and full article here
WORCESTER – A look inside the nearly complete Pavilion attached to the courtyard at the Worcester Beer Garden on the Grid.
Article by Walter Bird Jr. | @worcestermag
Holly-Worcester is at it again. Hot on the heels of Liam Neeson bringing his particular set of skills to Worcester to film his new movie “Honest Thief,” the new flick “Level Up” is scheduled to start filming here next week. Or is it “Free Guy?”
A flyer sent around the Franklin Street area referred to film as “Level Up,” while a recording at a phone number listed on the flyer called it “Free Guy.”
Either way, the movie is a Twentieth Century production starring Ryan Reynolds, and scenes are being filmed on Franklin Street.
Sam Morris, manager of Brew on the Grid at 56 Franklin St., told Worcester Magazine he was told filming would run Sunday through Thursday, and that his business, a popular spot at the corner of Franklin and Portland streets, would be used as a set location. He said they will also being doing “some minor catering.”
“They haven’t really told me a lot,” Morris said, adding he does not know whether Reynolds will be on site for the filming. “I assume so, but I’m not entirely positive.”
Morris said the entire interior of Brew on the Grid would be changed for the filming, and some false walls would be constructed.
“When it’s actually in the movie,” he said, “it certainly won’t look entirely like Brew, but it will be Brew.”
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Article by Victor D. Infante | Telegram
WORCESTER – Did you hear the one about the WPI student who crashed a Holy Cross party? No? Well, if there’s a punchline to this joke, you’ll find it at the Funniest College Kid in the City Competition at WooHaHa!. Ten students representing Worcester’s colleges will each deliver five-minute sets, which will be judged on originality, performance and audience response. The winner gets the title and a paid feature set at the comedy club. And that’s no joke.
What: Funniest College Kid in the City Competition
When: 8 p.m. April 25
Where: The WooHaHa! Comedy Club, 50 Franklin St., Worcester
How much: $15
Article by Richard Duckett | Telegram
WORCESTER — You don’t necessarily have to be a comedian to do improv.
Norm Laviolette, who grew up in Grafton, most definitely did take to comedy improv and is co-founder and CEO of Improv Asylum in Boston and New York as well as Laugh Boston, and a partner in WooHaHa! Comedy Club, 50 Franklin St.
However, when Laviolette leads improv training with corporate clients around the world, he isn’t a laugh a minute.
“I’m not pitching comedy, I’m pitching the art of communication,” Laviolette said. “I can teach the skill set of what we do to anybody.” That includes clients in Shanghai, Dubai, Beijing, London and Dublin. Much closer to home, the main emphasis is likely to be on fun when the Improv Asylum Training Center launches classes in Worcester beginning April 17 at WooHaHa! Comedy Club. Laviolette will be leading the classes along with Adam Michael Kennedy. The first class will be Improv Level 1 (intro to improv) and runs for eight weeks from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays.
The cost is $320 for eight weeks. To register, go to www.improvasylum.com/classesworcester/
Improv Asylum will include “comp ticket perks for students so that they can see professionals doing it” at WooHaHa!, Laviolette said.
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