Restaurants & Bars
Uno's Pizzeria In Boston's Kenmore Square Has Closed
Uno's opened in Boston in 1979 on Boylston Street. Now that location is closed.
BOSTON — It's an end of an era: The Boston-based deep-dish pizza spot that is Uno's has closed its last remaining Boston location, and the first location to open in the state, the company confirmed to Patch.
“We are saddened that after 30 years of proudly serving the Fenway community in Boston, our Kenmore UNO Pizzeria & Grill location closed its doors on Sunday, June 21," said a spokesperson for the company in an email to Patch.
The spokesperson said there were a number of factors that went into the decision.
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"Our lease is expiring soon, the Hotel has closed its doors, the Red Sox aren’t playing and this restaurant thrives on those fans as well as the students at BU," the spokesperson said. "The timing just made sense."
Such closures are becoming familiar as businesses large and small struggle with either months of closure or severely diminished business amid the pandemic. The Kenmore Square is steps from Fenway Park, which used to be teeming with baseball fans looking for food. Neighboring Boston University sent students home and went to an online model, and the hotel in the same building shuttered earlier this year. Read more: Coronavirus Claims Famous Boston Hotel
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According to the blog Boston Restaurant Talk, Uno Pizzeria and Grill in Kenmore Square closed its doors this week. This follows the closure last year of the chain's Back Bay location and the closure of the Huntington Avenue spot in 2018.
The company said that every employee who wanted to stay with the company has taken a new position at one of its other 18 locations still open in the state. Locations, listed on the grill's website, include those in Braintree, Dedham, Framingham, Revere, Worcester and Swampscott.
The chain and its signature deep dish pizza started in the 1943 in Chicago with founder Ike Sewell. according to the company's website. In 1979, Aaron Spencer opened his first UNO's franchise on Boylston Street in Boston. Spencer then built up the business and began a consumer products division in the basement of one of his Boston restaurants in 1988. That division moved to Brockton and corporate headquarters are in Norwood.
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