The Boston Licensing Board approved 37 new liquor licenses throughout the city Thursday as part of an initiative to promote economic growth across all Boston neighborhoods.

Handing out the liquor licenses, which were approved by state lawmakers last year to combat Boston's cap, is expected to take three years. The post These 37 Boston businesses received the city’s new liquor licenses appeared first on Boston.

From a diner on Bowdoin Street to a Jamaican restaurant on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan, the Boston Licensing Board on Thursday awarded several new beer-and-wine and all-alcohol licenses to restaurants across Dorchester and Mattapan, as part of the 225 new licenses granted Boston by the state legislature last year.

Flush with new liquor licenses to give out, the Boston Licensing Board has issued alcohol permits to 36 restaurants and community organizations across the city from Mattapan to East Boston, the bulk of them approved on Thursday.