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Board approves plan to replace fabled Roxbury bar with a new bar

By adamg on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 3:02pm

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved a liquor license for District 7 Tavern, which Royal C. Smith wants to open at 380 Warren St., the former home of Sonny Walker's, which closed in April.

The board granted him a "neighborhood" license for the 824-square-foot space, which means he would have to give the license back to the city rather than re-sell it should he go out of business.

Neighborhoods: 
Roxbury
Free tagging: 
Warren Street
Boston Licensing Board


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By anon on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 4:58pm.

Congrats Royal!!!!

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By Adeas on Sat, 09/08/2018 - 8:20am.

I realize it can be hard to unwind what’s done, but what’s the benefit of having a secondary market in “unrestricted” liquor licenses? Really they should all be neighborhood licenses and revert to the city when a bar/restaurant closes. Lowers the point of entry for new restaurants and removes the kabuki theater of license transferral, which make no money for the city today.

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