The newest entry to Fort Point's growing restaurant scene is putting further pressure on street parking — already at a premium in the South Boston neighborhood — with its plans to squeeze in valet services.
Bastille Kitchen, a 240-seat French bistro opening next week, wants to take over four residential parking spots in front of its Melcher Street location for a 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. valet zone.
It's the latest example of Fort Point's residential community being asked to make concessions to new restaurants, said Peter Agoos, who lives and works in Fort Point.
"Some of the amenities that residents have acquired, including residential parking, are things which the incoming restaurants should accommodate as opposed to the residents accommodating the restaurants," he said.
Bastille is just .05 miles away — a one-minute walk — from the Necco Street Garage. "So it's not a huge imposition for the restaurant customers to park their own cars," Agoos said.
Karen Stein, who also lives and works in Fort Point, said she sometimes is forced to pay for parking, despite having already paid for a residential parking sticker.
"Parking is becoming a premium, and I don't see the city as necessarily planning or innovating," she said. "As each new building is developed/completed, it grows harder."
Bastille would partner with Melcher Street restaurant Blue Dragon on valet services. Both now have deals with the Necco garage for $5 validated parking for their patrons. "We're trying to be neighborly and work it out," Bastille developer Seth Greenberg said.
Options could include moving the four residential parking spaces to metered or other spots on Melcher Street, said Joshua Lemay, president of Spin Valet. "We're working … to obviously ensure that we have at least as many spaces available for residents, and we don't displace anybody," he said.
Menton is the only Fort Point restaurant with a valet permit. Its Congress Street valet zone took over two previously unregulated parking spots in 2009.
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