Falmouth’s now-closed C Salt Wine Bar & Grille, the last place Charles Withers was working at in Massachusetts. | Via Google Maps After his wife enlisted the help of the internet, a deluge of TikTok sleuths started digging around for the chef’s whereabouts This weekend, a scandal unfolded on social media involving a chef who got his start cooking in Boston, and it ended up garnering interest from TikTokers around the globe, with dozens of videos posted, some garnering over 150,000 views since April 7. On Saturday, Ashley McGuire shared a post on Facebook (which has since been deleted), loo ..read more

Smoked brisket, mac and cheese, and collard greens from Wade’s BBQ. | Erika Adams/Eater Boston Plus, a one-night-only Texas-Boston collab comes to town — and more restaurant news to know this week Just six months after it started, Wade BBQ’s run at 5 Sanborn Court in Somerville’s Union Square is over. Boston.com reports that proprietor David Wade received notice from his landlord on March 28 that his lease was going to be terminated at the end of April. The termination stems from ventilation issues with the barbecue smoke, Wade says, and a neighboring tenant had complained to the landlord. Wad ..read more

Ivory Pearl served its last dinners on March 31. | Erika Adams/Eater Boston Five recent restaurant closures to know around Boston This periodic column rounds up restaurant closures in and around Boston. Catch up on more news about closures in the Boston area right here. Know of a restaurant closure that should be on Eater Boston’s radar? Get in touch here. BROOKLINE — Ivory Pearl, the chic seafood spot and late-night hangout from the Blossom Bar team, wrapped up its last service on March 31. “In an ever-changing restaurant landscape, facing challenges such as rising costs, the need for adaptat ..read more

There’s a new home for Cloud Candy in town. | Mighty Squirrel Plus, North End restaurateurs assembled for a St. Patrick’s Day protest over outdoor dining, and more weekly dining intel Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day weekend, Mighty Squirrel — a Waltham brewery that is home to the cult-favorite New England-style IPA Cloud Candy — opened its new, 13,000-square-foot brewery and taproom in Fenway. According to the Boston Globe, the massive, two-story space will produce some of the same brews as the company’s Waltham facility, plus occasional Fenway site exclusives. There are four bars on site ..read more

Mikiya, a new shabu-shabu spot with all-you-can-eat wagyu, is coming to Chinatown this spring. | Mikiya 10 can’t-miss openings of the season Spring always rolls around with a welcome sense of whew, we made it through the wilderness. No more 5 p.m. sunsets and perpetual sniffling, and there’s at least one day a week when it is warm enough to leave the winter coat in the closet. In other words, it’s time to go out. Celebrate winter survival by checking out the exciting new restaurants that are gearing up for spring openings, including a new bakery from an award-winning pastry chef, a beloved pop ..read more

Pescador’s last day of service was March 11. | Pescador Pescador is shutting the lights off after a little over a year, while All That has been temporarily closed for months Turns out, Fenway is not all that enthusiastic about the hot new seafood spots in its area. Pescador, the 14-month-old, globe-trotting Kenmore Square seafood restaurant from the NYC-based Blue Ribbon restaurant team, closed permanently on March 11. Just down the road, All That Fish + Oyster, the seafood spot from Eastern Standard restaurateur Garrett Harker that opened last fall, has been temporarily closed since the begin ..read more

A biscuit with butter and house-made hot honey alongside coffee topped with a Moravian cookie at Irregardless Biscuit Co. in Providence. | Nathan Tavares/Eater Boston Hundreds hit the streets to savor biscuits from a cult-favorite “Southern & More Southern” popup turned restaurant Yesterday, a chilly and gray Sunday morning, a line was already forming half an hour before Irregardless Biscuit Co. even opened for the third day of service at its new permanent home at 94 Carpenter Street in Providence’s West End. Like the two days prior, Irregardless sold out its supply of around 300 biscuits ..read more

Seafood holds a starring role on the menu, including a dish of whole-grilled sardines served with lemon and an herby sauce. | Baleia The newest restaurant from the team behind Italian favorites SRV and Gufo makes waves with modern spins on traditional dishes At Baleia, which opens at 264 East Berkeley Street in the Troy Boston apartment building in the South End on Wednesday, March 6, the only cut corners you’re likely to notice are found in the architecture. Literally, as archways and alcoves in the modern Portuguese seafood spot from the Coda Group (the team behind the recently opened modern ..read more

Michael Schlow. | Encore Boston Harbor Plus, swanky Seaport spot Grace by Nia is opening a second location — and more intel Michael Schlow, a chef who built his name on now-closed Boston restaurants including Financial District fine dining spot Radius and white-tablecloth Italian restaurant Via Matta, is re-entering Boston’s fine dining scene. The gig comes courtesy of Las Vegas-based restaurant group Carver Road Hospitality, which has hired Schlow to lead a forthcoming New England seafood restaurant, Seamark Seafood & Cocktails, and a speakeasy called Old Wives’ Tale, both slated to open ..read more

Chef and owner Jen Royle in front of her restaurant Table in 2019. | Chris Christo/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images The controversy involves Jen Royle, the chef and owner behind North End Italian restaurant Table, and a customer who cancelled his reservation in January North End Italian restaurant Table has set all of its social media accounts to private after screenshots that appeared to show a heated exchange between a customer and chef and owner Jen Royle on Wednesday, February 21, went viral. The screenshot of the conversation, which appears to have taken place over Instagram ..read more