No Name Restaurant

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No Name Restaurant
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Established1917
Closed2019
Previous owner(s)Nick Contos
CountryUnited States

The No Name Restaurant was a seafood restaurant open for more than 100 years on the Boston Fish Pier in the Seaport District. [1] [2]

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History

No Name was opened by Nick Contos in 1917 as a stand to serve the fishermen workers on the pier but, over time, turned into a full-service restaurant. [2] The Contos family never named the restaurant. [3] Late in 2019, the restaurant filed for chapter 7 Bankruptcy. [4] [5]

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References

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