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Pavement and Nud Pob Thai Cuisine locations on Boston University’s East Campus. Businesses like Pavement and Nud Pob reflect on their respective changes five years after the COVID-era. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Restaurants on campus reflect on changes post-pandemic

Isabelle Zhang April 4, 2025
When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, Noodle Street Manager Chris Chan started sewing face masks for his employees out of his own cut-up clothes. Noodle Street, located on Boston University’s East Campus, had been serving customers for over two decades until the pandemic forced it to close for six months. It joined the 44% of Massachusetts small businesses in the area that closed amidst strict lockdown policies.
Margaret Berry in an Oct.15, 2019 game against Harvard University. For the senior defender, this season may very well be the closing chapter in an illustrious college sports career. CHRISTOPHER GOUGH/ DFP FILE

20 Questions: Women’s soccer captain Margaret Berry

Jean Paul Azzopardi September 17, 2021
Women's soccer captain Margaret Berry shares her takeaways from the season so far, as well as some fun facts about herself.
Kate Weiser, a 2019 graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication and the current marketing manager for Life Alive Cafes, spoke at a Wednesday event hosted by COM to highlight the role influencers play in company advertising. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Social media marketers discuss influencers, online advertising strategies

Yiran Yu December 8, 2020
Influencers on social media have garnered attention from the public and professional world alike. COM panelists examined their role in company advertising and effectiveness in the industry.
Noodle Street on Commonwealth Ave is a popular asian food spot amounsgt Boston students and locals looking for a quickbite.  SERENA YU/ DFP STAFF

An introduction to businesses around BU

Michelle Brandabur June 13, 2019

As the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year nears, and thousands of Boston University students flock back to Boston, shops and restaurants near campus can get an extra boost in customers. These businesses...

The “Love Child” smoothie from Life Alive. MARTHA MERROW/ DFP STAFF

FreeP vs. Food: Smoothies

Daily Free Press Staff April 10, 2019
We hit up four different restaurants in search of Boston's best smoothies.
Signs like this one in the Bay State dining hall highlight Boston University Dining Services’ efforts to source food locally. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Campus embraces health foods, experts analyze GMOs’ effects

Olivia Ritter September 20, 2018
Boston University Dining Services promotes its locally-sourced process in signs in dining halls and its website, and this summer, non-GMO restaurant Life Alive created buzz on campus when it opened a location on Commonwealth Avenue. From East to West at BU, initiatives to offer healthy, organic food abound.
A number of restaurants on campus have undergone renovations and rebrandings, while others have been completely replaced with new ones, like Life Alive pictured above. PHOTO BY SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students reflect on dining scene changes

JenRacoosin September 20, 2018
With Life Alive Organic Cafe replacing Panera Bread, Bertucci’s closing and Tavern in the Square becoming Tavern Allston, the dining scene around Boston University has seen a lot of change in recent years.
East to West: It IS Easy Being Green

East to West: It IS Easy Being Green

Daily Free Press Admin April 30, 2018
On this week’s episode of East to West, “It IS Easy Being Green” — and we’re talking about environmentalism at BU, Boston, and beyond.
The new location of the vegan restaurant Life Alive. The restaurant is set to open soon. PHOTO BY RACHEL SHARPLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Life Alive prepares to open location on campus

Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 24, 2018
This summer, local restaurant Life Alive will be opening a new location in Boston University’s West Campus.
Life Alive plans to open Jan. 2018, replacing the Panera in Boston University's West Campus. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Organic, vegetarian Life Alive cafe plans January opening in West Campus

Alana Levene September 10, 2017

Life Alive Urban Oasis and Organic Cafe, a Boston-based organic and vegetarian cafe, will be opening its fourth location in January at 888 Commonwealth Ave., said the chain’s Cambridge General Manager...

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