Locals call it the Location of Doom. The Bermuda Triangle of restaurants. The place where restaurants go to die.

Four have closed at 187 Elm St. near trendy Davis Square in the past five years, after peddling everything from burritos to buttered croissants. All of them started out with such high hopes — and sunk before they knew what hit them.

“The Nightmare on Elm Street,” remembered John Pepper, who opened one of his popular Boloco burrito joints at the location in 2007. “To date, that’s the only restaurant we’ve ever closed in 13 years being in business.”

Next month, a new restaurant, an upscale trattoria/wine bar called Pizzeria Posto, will enter the space, hoping to break the bizarre spell. It will feature an exposed, wood-fired oven, dough imported straight from Naples, and an ultra-modern wine “preservation” machine.

Boston.com