No Name Restaurant | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1917 |
Closed | 2019 |
Previous owner(s) | Nick Contos |
Country | United 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]
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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