Local hospitality group B-Side Group — the team behind spots like neighborhood bar VINYL in South End — has a new restaurant ...

They are not interested in just liquidating their stock of vinyl records, however. "I want to still be able to go to a neighborhood record store in my own neighborhood," Dave Hoenack said.

Vinyl-focused listening bars inspired by ones in Japan are opening across New York, attracting audiophiles and city dwellers looking for a respite from the cacophony outside their doors.