50.9%
In a spirited battle, with foodies weighing in more than 11,000 times, Sauced & Tossed Chicken drives away with the title of Best Food Truck in Central Massachusetts. The Charlton-based mobile kitchen, run by Grant Fabbri, topped Morawski Barbecue of Rutland in a reader poll that ended at 6 a.m. Tuesday. It was a tight race throughout the weeklong voting, with fans of each truck expressing their support on social media. There was much lobbying and taste-testing. The final tally was very close, with Sauced & Tossed capturing 50.9% of the 11,008 total votes. The margin was 208 votes.
2017
The owners of Brew on the Grid, a coffee shop at Franklin and Portland streets, say they have closed the establishment indefinitely due to staffing issues and slow business. The coffee shop opened in 2017 and was run by the Boston-based real estate firm MG2 Group, which had hired a manager and staff for day-to-day operations. Joseph Donovan, the executive vice president of MG2, said that the coffee shop was shuttered recently after the manager had left the position. The space where Brew on the Grid once served coffee, tea, sandwiches and pastries is now up for lease.