Only 11pm and Midnight on the weekend? What is the point? I would think the biggest reason to have an option would be that most Dominoes operate till 1am or even later in some markets.

I fail to see how Main Street could ever become a Route 1. If this is about chain's, Charlestown already has several I can think of just off the top of my head. Papa Gino's, The Ninety Nine, CVS, Dunkin Donuts, Ace Hardware and Johnnies Foodmaster. It's not like they just let a Wal-mart move in. If people don't like the pizza, this guy will loose his shirt and it will dry up and go away. Dominoes exists because of convenience. Pretty much all of their business will be delivery and I can tell you other than Papa Gino's, most places that do deliver in this town are woefully slow. I will say this too, Dominoes reformulated there recipe a little over a year ago and the quality is better. It still isn't great, but it's definitely passable.

Let's give a big thank you to the CNC for "facilitating dialogue within the Charlestown community and between the residents of Charlestown and the City of Boston, State and Local agencies and businesses." Thank you Tom Cunha, David Whelan, Peg Bradley, Judy Brennan, Bill Galvin, George Morton, Richard McCarthy, Anthony McGuinness, Michael Charbonnier, Diane Grant, and Danielle Valle Fitzgerald for representing the voice of Charlestown residents! You should all be so proud of yourselves and your inability to get things done!

Who owns 277 Main Street? They sure do seem quiet, don't they?

Well now let's see how much bs is tue!
There will be no jobs, there will be trouble late night, cops will have to be outside on the late nights
Traffic will be affected.
And the best of all nothing, nothing will be done about it. and as I stated in my previous post .
I wonder who got paid off, somebody did..

Who was the lucky person that got the pay off?

Hey Jay
Will you be working for dominoes?
Or will you be buying pizza at 1 am
I doubt it,
You must be a relative!

Trouble outside? How does this happen when Dominoes doesn't even have seating? This isn't a restaurant. This is a place with a walk in counter and it's business model is based around delivery. In fact I don't even see traffic picking up. Ultimately since the hours aren't that great, the benefit to me would be limited. That said, the reactions here make me think they just approved of a brothel or strip club. I would expect this kind of an over-reaction from some back woods town but this is ridiculous. It's a pizza delivery chain...nothing more.

What this town really needs is a good taqueria.

No, I have no interest in delivering Pizza's, in fact I don't own a car. I will probably order from them a few times a month. The reality is I think this town has very few delivery options, particularly late night, and I am a night owl and like to have dinner late. I can't believe more people don't want more options. Would I prefer if there was a mom and pop pizza place that delivered late? YES!!! I prefer local businesses to chains, but I can't think of much that is open after 9 or 10pm. I honestly thought they would be open till at least 1am...and that is my biggest concern. I also think more competition is good for people...there is a few businesses in town that I think don't try very hard and maybe the increased competition will help that. Ultimately I think this is good for Charlestown and I fail to see what everyone is up in arms about. With all the legitimate problems Charlestown has it is amazing to me that this got any attention at all except from competing businesses which of course want things to stay the same so they don't have to work harder or provide a better value.

I would totally support a good Mexican place!!! I would also love some better quality Chinese.

Seriously? It's a pizza chain that is in pretty much every neighborhood or town in America. Who cares? It will either sink or swim....either way it will have minimal impact on traffic, noise or any of the other complaints people have. Now a Mexican place? That's what I am talking about!!!

I thought Taco Loco was looking to open a place in Charlestown, we definitely need a Mexican place!

Jay
Apparently you are not looking for quality,what I get from you responses is that you don't have a car,you're up past 1:00 eating junk food, probably don't work because you are up all night stuffing yourself with cardboard pizza!
As far as trouble outside, well most places close early, and there is no reason to hang around.
So...... If you have a pizza place open till 1am wether or not it has seats or tables ,that means that 2,3 or four people who have nothing better to do at 1 am buy a pizza sit on a abutters doorstep with their whole pizza eat it and then of course because they are so well behaved they look for a trash receptacle and put there trash in after the quietly sat their and enjoyed their early morning meal..
If you believe that.... Give me your number, I got a bridge in the desert I would like to sell you.

Myself personally would not patronize this place ,even if it was the ONLY place in town, the pizza is rubbish, hopefully it goes belly up and he looses his investment.
If this is the best we can do for our Main st. We might as well give up.
Another nail salon would be better!

Classic responses from the same people. Welcome Domino's and may you flourish!!

Hey Toonie
When you leaving?
If domino's was going to be your neighbor, it would be real soon!

Hey "just a person"
I am with you!

"Jay Apparently you are not looking for quality,what I get from you responses is that you don't have a car,you're up past 1:00 eating junk food, probably don't work because you are up all night stuffing yourself with cardboard pizza!"

Man you have profiled me perfectly. If someone eats pizza after 1am and doesn't own a car then they must be a jobless looser?

Or, they could be someone who works second shift, or is independently wealthy or works from home. As for the car thing, we live in a city, I would bet a lot of people don't own a car...many of them very successful people. Your assumptions show a high level of ignorance. I think I would rather debate with that cardboard box...at least the box serves a purpose.

Does anybody know what is going in where friendly's was?

Here to stay Charlestown Joe. Here to stay.

Also, that's the breaks living on or very near a commercial area.

I am confused what is the sense of having a community meeting where residents vote for or against something in there neighborhood just to go in front of a couple hacks at city hall and present what the Neighborhood voted against just to have it voted in favor for because the owner who wants the license says he has support from people who have ordered from him in the past? I AM CONFUSED!!! Just because they ordered from you does not mean they want you to move in to town. Also I am not bashing the council I think its great that we have a place to go to voice our opinions and then they get presented for us at the Hall. I dont think the answer is getting rid of the council or even bashing them i think someone needs to remind city hall that there not Listening to US.. I cant believe I am saying this but maybe Change is needed?? "When you stop listing to the voters then the Voter cast a ballot for someone else" Hello any one listening at City hall, Hello Anyone there ...... (silence)

Tom Cunha and the entire CNC FAILED the residents of Charlestown. That is the bottom line. We voiced our concerns and they failed to represent our voice. My guess is that someone on this board has a vested interest in 277 Main Street. Will someone please explain to me why the CNC still exists?

CNC Mission Statement:
"The CNC is responsible for facilitating dialogue within the Charlestown community and between the residents of Charlestown and the City of Boston, State and Local agencies and businesses"

CNC on when minutes will be posted:
"Meeting Minutes will be posted after they are approved at the following month's General Meeting and will be posted the next day after the General Meeting." Last updated, 9/2011.

I don't understand all of this anger. I really, really don't want a Dominos there either. But the licensing board heard the arguments for and against, including those of the CNC, and then they granted the license. You don't always get your way in a democracy. Not only that, we don't have any laws (thankfully) that say we all get to vote every time someone wants to start a new business. We have mechanisms like licenses to prevent something moving in that everyone is opposed to, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. We said we didn't want it. Some people disagreed. We lost. Not that big of a deal. Now it's up to the market. I'll be ordering from Toni Ann's and Jenny's.

Honestly though, what's the point of opening up a Domino's if its only going to stay open til 11 pm? If we're gonna have a Domino's let them stay open til 2am. That's the only time it would get business anyway since everything around here is closed by 10-11 pm ...besides Speedies. Go big or go home.