TED: CARLOS CAME FROM THE SUBURBS.
>> THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS AWESOME.
TED: A SALON OWNER NATASHA, WORKS DOWNTOWN.
>> DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE?
TED: SARAH COMES FROM RHODE ISLAND.
>> EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE ELSE’S NAME.
I AM NOT GOING TO START SINGING, DON’T WORRY.
THERE ARE ALL OF THESE NATURE TRAILS.
TED: LOWER MILLS IS HOT.
MUSIC TO THE EARS OF DROP DEAD MURPHY’S CAN CASEY.
-- CANADA --EN CASEY.
PEOPLE WANT MORE NOW.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE T HAVE EVERYTHING.
HAVE A BEER AND WATCH A GAME AND GET GREAT FOOD ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THERE ARE RESTAURANTS AND COFFEE SHOPS AND PLACES TO AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECOMES MORE DESIRABLE.
TED: CASEY AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER RECENTLY BROUGHT IN CHEF KAREN TO SPICE UP THE MENU AT LOWER MILLS TAVERN.
WE HAVE A BURGER AND CHICKEN SANDWICH THAT IS GREAT.
RAVIOLI FROM SCRATCH.
FANTASTIC MAC & CHEESE.
I AM A MEAT AND POTATOES GUY.
THIS IS MASHED CAULIFLOWER.
TED: DOWN THE BLOCK, MANAGER ANDREW SAYS FAN FAVORITES ARE DUCK HUNT TACOS AND VEGAN CAULIFLOWER TACO.
>> FRE SEAFOOD, CHIPS AND GUACAMOLE ARE INSANE.
THE GUACAMOLE IS MADE HERE.
EVERYTHING IS MADE HERE DAILY.
>> I LOVE THIS.
IT IS VERY COMMUNAL.
WHEN I GO INTO A RESTAURANT, IF I AM AT ONE OF THOSE TWO TOPS AND THEY PUT A STRANGER BESIDE ME REALLY CLOSE, HEY NOW.
I NEED PERSONAL SPACE.
BUT THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT HERE AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT THIS PLACE.
TED: THIS IS A CIRCA 1806 FACTORY THAT HOSTS THE OLDEST PRODUCER OF CHOCOLATE IN THE U.S..
>> EVERYTHING IN BRICK USED TO BE THE BAKERY.
IT IS ALL RESIDENTIAL.
IT LANGUISHED.
THESE WERE DONE IN 1990.
ACROSS THE COBBLESTONE, THAT WAS 2008.
WE ARE DONE, ALL REFURBISHED.
TE CARLOS AND HIS WIF MOVED FROM STOUGHTON.
WE WANTED THE RIGHT SIZE AND WE LOOKED IN THE SEAPORT AND IN THE BACK BAY AND WE WALKED INTO TH PLACE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
TED: LOCAL ARTIS ALSO HAVE A HOME AT THE FORMER FACTORY.
IS CALLED THE WALTER BAKER BUILDING BECAUSE IT HAS WALTER BAKER ON TOP.
THERE ARE 13 UNITS AND ARTISTS THAT LIVE HERE.
WE HAVE TO PROVE THAT WE ARE WORKING ARTIS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS.
PEOP COME AND THEY LOOK AT THE BUILDING AND ASK, WHAT IS THIS?
WHO IS THAT LADY UP THERE, THE PAINTING?
WE FEEL HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO TELL THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUILDING AND HOW IT WAS ONCE THE HOME OF THE OLDEST CHOCOLATE FACTORY IN AMERICA.
TED: PRESIDENT OF THE LOWER MILLS MERCHANT ASSOCIATION, NATASHA HUNT, BROUGHT HER BOSTON SALON TO LOWER MILLS IN 2016.
>> WE CUT, COLOR, A BLOWOUT.
I WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY DRIVE AND P FOR.
I CAN PICK UP MY SON AND GO TO THE SUPERMARKET AND GO HOME AND INTERACT WITH THE LOCALS.
EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.
TED: ROBERT KNOWS EVERYBODY HIS DARK HORSE ANTIQUE SHOP HAS BEEN IN BAKE SQUARE FOR YEARS.
>> HAVE LIKED OLD STUFF SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID SO I WAS INTRIGUED.
I THOUGHT I WOULD OPEN IT UP AND SEE IF I COULD MAKE IT WORK.
TE HE SAYS OF THE BUSINESS IS CHANGING, PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING INTO THE STORE.
>> I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CARVING UP IN THE BACK THAT IS SPECTACULAR.
I ALWAYS LOVED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS MUCH MORE VIBRANT NOW THAN IT WAS YEARS AGO.
IT HAS CONSISTENTLY GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
A LOT MORE PEOPLE AND ACTIVIT