AOC Mourns Boston Restaurant's Closing

BOSTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took to Twitter Tuesday to mourn the closing of Eastern Standard, the Kenmore Square mainstay that was the latest in a long line of restaurants to close during the coronavirus pandemic.

“No! Please don’t be so – Eastern Standard was such an incredible place and home to so many wonderful memories,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a post on the social media platform.

Ocasio-Cortez graduated from Boston University in 2011. After graduation she worked as an activist and bartender in New York City before scoring an upset victory over an incumbent Congressman in the Democratic primary in 2018. She went on to win the general election and has been one of the higher-profile members of Congress ever since.

Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster and the Hawthorne all announced they were closing their Kenmore Square locations permanently this month. Eastern Standard opened in Kenmore Square in 2005.