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  • Saturday at CJ’s Northside Grille

    Saturday at CJ’s Northside Grille
    Patrons at CJ's Northside Grille take in some of the hot rods that show up most Saturday afternoons for the Class Car Cruise-in.
    Patrons at CJ's Northside Grille take in some of the hot rods that show up most Saturday afternoons for the Classic Car Cruise-in.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – Bob Bradway probably never imagined that nearly 60 years after he opened the “Nobscot Drive-In” that many of the same types of cars would still be cruisin’ to the same parking lot on Saturday afternoons.

    Never heard of the Nobscot Drive-In? Don’t feel left out, it hasn’t been called that for five decades — most locals remember it as Riley’s Roast Beef, or McCarthy’s or Leon’s or Lobster in the Red — or most recently as CJ’s Northside Grille — same place, different era.

    This weekend, in addition to the Classic Car Cruise-in, the owners of CJ’s opened up the parking lot to the Framingham High School Flyers Cheerleaders who (more…)

    Randy Harris

    September 4, 2011
    Around Town
    1927 Ford Model-T Roadster, Bob Bradway, Cheerleading, Chris Gagen, Classic Cars, Cora Lincoln and Carol Rotella, Dan McSweeney, Danielle Lagman, Fiat Topolino, Ford Center Door Model T, Framingham Flyers, Gerard Farm Kitchen, hot rods, Leon’s, Lobster In The Red, muscle cars, nobscot, Nobscot Drive-In, Phil Martel, Pontiac 2+2, Pontiac Catalina, Riley’s Roast Beef
  • Classic Cars Cruise to CJ’s Northside Grill

    Classic Cars Cruise to CJ’s Northside Grill
    Classic Car Cruise to CJ's Northside Grille in Framingham
    The classic cars that made Riley's in Nobscot a favorite Saturday night cruise destination has re-opened as CJ's Northside Grill.

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – For nearly a decade, every Saturday night when the weather was nice, antique autos, high performance hot-rods and vintage vehicles cruised to Framingham to meet with other car enthusiasts at a restaurant in the Nobscot section of town.

    The restaurant, formerly operated by Joe Breed as “Riley’s Roast Beef” is now CJ’s Northside Grille — brought back to life by Framingham natives Chris Gagen and Jamie Anderson.

    Chris and Jamie are both Framingham North High class of 1989 graduates and both worked at Riley’s when Joe owned the place

    Along with the partners, Chris’ brother Sean, some cousins and other family members (more…)

    News Staff

    June 29, 2011
    Around Town, Business
    antique cars, Bob Bradway, camaro, Chris Gagen, CJ’s Northside Grill, class of 1989, Classic Cars, cruise in, cruise night, cuda, custom cars, Entertainment, family, family fun, Framingham North High, fun for kids, Jamie Anderson, Joe Breed, kids, Leon’s, Lobster In The Red, McCarthy’s, nobscot, Nobscot Drive-In, recreation, Red Line Diner, saturday night, Sean Gagen, summer, vintage cars

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