Somerville Cafe the Biscuit Is Moving to a New Location After 15 Years | Eater Boston

"After 15 years at 406 Washington St., and six years of fruitless negotiation with an 'unreasonable landlord,' the Biscuit is slated to close on December 31, 2019; the cafe has launched an Indiegogo campaign hoping to raise $150,000 to fund a relocation. Cofounder Andrew Plat says they did not lose the space to a rent increase or demolition but because the owner wants the property empty, and the eviction is devastating for the Biscuit, its many, many employees, and the neighboring community. There is a planned new location a short walk away — a unique, subterranean spot called "Biscuit in the Basement" that will require significant renovation and re-imagination, and campaign donors will receive gift cards of greater monetary value than their donations to be used there when it opens." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal