New Bedford Guide Your Guide to New Bedford and South Coast, MA
Portobello Italian restaurant in downtown New Bedford closed its doors for good some time in June/July. The restaurant opened at the street level portion of the old Standard Times building in August of 2014. The closing was noticed just two weeks after Krush Fine Wines closed its doors on Purchase Street just a block away, begging the question: is there is a demand for fine food and wine downtown?
There aren’t any notices on the outside of the restaurant, but the inside is empty and the restaurant is actively being promoted as available by the New Bedford Economic Development Council.
There is a need for good food and wine! The food just has to be good!
It’s too bad seeing the businesses that have tried to make a go of it for years,to no avail…until the parking issues are addressed, the meter hinderance,and the lack of retailers that will draw people there…including a quality grocery store,downtown New Bedford will never be the go to mecca it once was.