Chefs and Restaurants

Vinyl Record Bars Are Taking Over and We’re Not Mad About It

Liz Grosman, Aly Walansky, and Morgan Carter

Chef/Restaurateur Jamie Bissonnette moved more than 90 percent of his records into 32-seat Temple Records, the listening bar he opened in Boston in March with Babak Bina and Andy Cartin. “I have 4,000 more that’ll make their way here,” says Bissonnette, who also transported his Paradigm Persona speakers, Thorens Direct Drive turntables, Ortofon bronze cartridges, Ecler rotary mixers, Kimber Kables, and a Yamaha integrated amp to the...