It’s been a busy summer at Cool Shade in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. The Jamaican eatery sees dozens of customers each day serving up jerk chicken, plantains and plenty of rice and beans. “For the food,

Officials revealed this week some details on how the process would look when handing out these coveted licenses. The post Boston’s new 225 liquor licenses won’t be approved first-come, first-serve, officials say appeared first on Boston.

The city aims to prevent a first-come, first-served bonanza that favored white and well-connected applicants a decade ago when the last big batch of licenses were issued.

Boston has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to award liquor licenses to businesses that have largely been shut out of the process. Yes, but: Officials say they need to make sure these business owners not only learn about the new liquor licenses,