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| The future home of Beacon Hill Books | |
Beacon Hill Books, a bookstore and cafe that has been in the works since late 2019, is on track to open in Boston, Mass., in August, Boston magazine reported.
Located in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, the store will occupy a four-story, 3,000-square-foot building at 71 Charles St. Store owner Melissa Fetter and her team will carry general-interest books for all ages. The building's second and third floors will house adult fiction and nonfiction, along with books about art, architecture and design, and travel literature. The fourth floor will be focused on young readers, covering everything from board books to YA novels. The children's section will feature a children's-sized door and a model train that will "snake in and out of the rooms on the same floor."
The cafe, along with a selection of cookbooks, will reside on the first floor and will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner in addition to snacks. Chef Colleen Suhanosky, who owns Rifrullo Cafe in Brookline, Mass., will run the restaurant. The cafe will also feature space for community events, and the building has a courtyard garden and a salon on the third floor.
The building is "one of the few remaining original Greek Revival buildings on Beacon Hill," and has undergone extensive renovations. Previously it housed a restaurant on the first floor with apartments above.