Blue Bottle Coffee Opens at Boston’s Prudential Center | Eater Boston

"Located in the Prudential Center at 800 Boylston St. in Back Bay, this new café from a California-based roaster opens with a community day on Tuesday, July 10 (free coffee; all food and merchandise sales that day benefit Artists for Humanity, and customers can also donate to the charity at local locations), followed by a grand opening on Wednesday, July 11 and regular hours of 7 a.m.–7 p.m. daily (community day hours 9 a.m.–3 p.m.). The menu follows the chain’s usual offerings—various pour-over and espresso options alongside pastries and Liège-style waffles—while the interior, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, aims to evoke Danish “hygge” and the exterior envelope was completed by Cube 3 Studio of Lawrence, Massachusetts. The opening continues the company’s recent Boston expansion after earlier locations in Harvard Square (February) and downtown (May) and adds to its footprint across several U.S. states and select locations in Tokyo and Kyoto." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal