"The West End may be the neighborhood that saw the largest amount of change to its drinking and dining scene in 2019. Of course, you can’t talk about the West End without talking about the Hub on Causeway and its soon-to-open food hall, Hub Hall. A number of local purveyors — and Guy Fieri — are doing (or are going to very soon be doing) some very exciting things there. Night Shift Brewing can’t be ignored, though. The Everett-born brewery — a favorite among local beer nerds — opened its massive brewhouse on Lovejoy Wharf this year, next to Alcove (one of 2018’s important West End debuts). It has space for 300 customers and offers drinkers and diners small plates of comfort food and the opportunity to drink small-batch experimental brews." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal, Terrence Doyle