Streetcar

07/14/2025

Thirteen years ago this month, we opened Streetcar with a mission to build a community of thirsty, open-minded wine and beer drinkers. Well, here you are! Over the last year or two, you’ve seen the shop start to change. You’ve spotted a wedge of cheese where there wasn’t one before, a tin of fish you didn’t expect, a box of pasta that found its way onto the shelf. Bit by bit, we’ve cobbled together a pantry section you’ve clearly loved — and now, we’re ready to give it the space it deserves.

We’re launching a campaign with .co as we plan our remodel to make room for more cheese, more snacks, more frozen and fresh goods. We’re inviting you to be a part of it! When you contribute, you get more access to Streetcar AND get 120% back in store credit.

Go big and give $500+ to become a Pantry Pal — with access to some hidden gems and exciting events!

Make the largest contribution and Michael will host a private off-site tasting or party for you and ten of your friends.

This shop has always grown because of you — your curiosity, your suggestions, your support. Thanks for making Streetcar what it is. Let’s keep building!

06/25/2025

Public service announcement: it’s peak rosé season!

04/11/2025

Hello again, World Wide Web! Here are some heavily filtered photos of the latest in , , &

02/21/2025

Week 3 and we’ve reached volume capacity in our new cheese case. New arrivals from , , , , , , , and more!

02/05/2025

Our first cheese order has arrived! Our plan is to stock some classics and rotate in as many interesting obscurities as we can find. We would you like to see?

01/31/2025

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01/25/2025

In October 2023, Streetcar regular Jeffrey S. Wojtowicz published a survey of 74 research studies conducted from 1987-2023 entitled, "Long-Term Health Outcomes of Regular, Moderate Red Wine Consumption". His survey "is not intended to encourage red wine consumption for health outcomes but rather to avoid discouraging moderate red wine consumption based on misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the red wine data due to the reporting of pooled data across all types of alcohol."

Wojtowicz found no evidence of an association between moderate red wine consumption and negative health outcomes. In fact, his survey found that "a beneficial effect of moderate red wine consumption was consistently seen for mortality and dementia," along with certain cancers and cardiovascular conditions.

You can read the full article here:

Studies that are conducted to assess alcohol’s long-term health outcomes generally report the results as a pooled analysis across all types of alcohol. Questions have been raised regarding potential health differences between types of alcohol, such as beer, wine, or spirits. While these three shar...

01/16/2025

🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫We are very excited to announce our first preorder from ! We love mushrooms and have been going back and forth with for a while now on how to make it work. For now, we’ve settled on a weekly preorder with a Sunday deadline for pickup or delivery the following Thursday. We’re offering a dozen or so domestic wild and cultivated species, a “specialty box” with a pre-selected variety of those species, and… truffles!! Please follow the link in bio to browse the preorder and place your order. DM or call (617) 522-6416 if you have any questions.

01/11/2025

This week’s ! 1-3: Novel Californian red blends from , , and ; 4: Oregon’s illuminating take on boring ; 5-6: returning classics from and G.B. Burlotto; 7: fiery Umbrian from January winery of the month Antonelli; 8: exceptionally round, complete, satisfying village red from .michel.juillot

01/09/2025

For three years in a row, Pentire Adrift has been the No. 1 recommended non-alcoholic spirit by the New York Times. “Complex, a lot of really interesting flavors.” - NYT

01/08/2025

More delicious things from Italy: acacia honey with or without truffle, Sicilian jams and spreads, Marchese grilled peppers, Pugliese taralli, and Sardinian sea treasures. Who’s hungry?

01/06/2025

With the recent barrage of alarmist, neo-prohibitionist messaging from The New York Times, we feel the need to respond. Though we acknowledge the well-established risks associated with excessive or binge drinking, the demonization of moderate alcohol consumption based on flawed studies with data lacking depth and transparency is unreasonable. Clearly we are biased, and we are not medical professionals. We want our customers to lead long and healthy lives. Our hopes are to encourage critical thinking on this subject; and to continue to offer the conscientiously-produced, provocative, life-affirming, community-building wines and beers for many years to come.

The reality is that discussions of data on alcohol and health can be extremely confusing. We hear everything