Restaurants & Bars
How A Streetcar "Comfort Station" From 1912 Became A Popular Restaurant In Boston
When the streetcars went away, the building ended up vacant. For decades, it fell into disrepair, a blight on the neighborhood.
September 4, 2025 / 6:05 AM EDT
A non-profit organization is helping revitalize neighborhoods in Boston and preserving the city's past. Their work includes a popular restaurant that was once a streetcar "comfort station" more than 100 years ago.
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It's hard to imagine, but Dorchester was once considered an agricultural retreat from Boston. In the 1800s it was transformed as a "streetcar suburb" with several lines carrying people to and from the heart of the city. Now it's a bustling, vibrant neighborhood that's reimagining itself while staying rooted in the past.
There's no better example of this than the Comfort Kitchen restaurant.
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Upham's Corner in Dorchester was once home to streetcars and comfort stations/CBS Boston
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