Dine and Dash: It’s All in Allston
I’m abandoning my beloved South End for a Sunday drive to Allston for the 11th Annual Taste of Allston. I don’t really need an excuse to spend an afternoon eating—I’m going eat at some point anyway—I just feel a little better when someone else benefits from my gluttony. This time, proceeds benefit Allston Village Main Streets. Through their volunteer program, they want to make Allston a better place to work, live, and play. According to the AVMS website, their goals are:
• To help make Allston Village a thriving, safe, friendly business district which provides diverse cultural offerings and a variety of businesses which both serve and employ residents.
• To promote Allston Village, so that people will want to live in Allston and shoppers will come from other areas to enjoy its vibrant arts, retail and entertainment offerings.
• To make Allston Village cleaner, greener, more pedestrian-oriented, and free of trash and graffiti.
• To improve the storefronts of Allston Village with better signage and fewer roll-down grates.
• To help foster cooperation among residents, businesses and landlords to build a healthy, economically vital Allston Village.
• To work together through Allston Village Main Streets, helping the community make Allston a great place to live, work and socialize, embodying the slogan “It’s all in Allston.”
I even never considered a home in Allston or Brighton until Pam’s post Wednesday, then I realized I can get four times the space for my money. Conversely, I could save a ton of cash or dump a ton of debt by moving. And, unlike the South End, Allston is United Nations of food and dining, most of which is inexpensive.
This week, we need to get creative with timing because Taste of Allston coincides with the most popular open house times.
244 Brighton Avenue, #206
Allston, MA 02134
Beds: 2/Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 1015
$412,500
Open House:Sunday, June 15, 11:00am – 2:00pm
38 Waverly Street, #1
Brighton, Ma 02135
Beds: 4/Baths: 2.5
SQ.FT.: 2059
$529,000
Open House: Sunday, June 15 1:00pm – 3:00pm
28 Quint Avenue, #34
Allston, Ma 02134
Beds: 0/Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 455
$145,000
Open House: Sunday, June 15, 12:00 to 3:30
