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The marvelously tacky 40-foot-high neon sign at George’s Coney Island Hot Dogs on Southbridge Street, featuring a gigantic hand holding a humongous hot dog in a bulbous bun dripping illuminated flashes of yellow mustard, is being restored. In 1940, the iconic sign was designed by Ukrainian immigrant S.C. Romanoff of the former Master Sign Co. and later rebuilt by Stephen S. Kapish, president of Kapp Sign Services Inc. Last week, workers started removing old neon tubing from the sign, thus beginning the months-long restoration process. Dave Waller of Neon Williams in Somerville is leading the restoration.
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The sale of Oakhurst Manor, which suffered a devastating fire last year, is tied up in court, where it could remain for months or years, according to the owner. Damages from the March 1 fire amounted to $500,000, according to officials. Clarence Risher bought the manor in 2021 for $1.35 million. The cause of the blaze is undetermined, according to the state Department of Fire Services, because investigators can’t pinpoint one potential cause. It’s not considered suspicious, and the cause remains undetermined. Risher said two investigators theorize that a cigarette was thrown from a second-floor window onto the first-floor roof.
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A Brazilian steakhouse was greenlit by the License Commission to open in a historically significant building in the Theater District on Main Street. Steakhouse Alma Gaucha on Thursday was approved to open at 526 Main St., a building constructed in 1894 for local businessman and entrepreneur Ransom F. Taylor. The business received common victualer, liquor and entertainment licenses to operate its second location, in addition to one in Boston’s Seaport District. The License Commission granted operation-hour approvals for Pho Sure, a Vietnamese restaurant that is looking to relocate this month inside the former Wexford House at 501 Shrewsbury St.
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The owners of a former Green Street restaurant, looking to rebrand the business, were denied licenses needed to reopen after the License Commission referenced a fatal car crash that involved someone who was served alcohol at the establishment. The owners of Ju’s Bar & Grill, Juliana and Juarez Iansen, were denied their request for common victualer and liquor licenses to reopen their establishment at 102 Green St. as Home of Flavors. Police Sgt. Thomas Needham of the Alcohol Enforcement Unit said a female patron was served multiple drinks on Oct. 6, 2024, by a bartender not certified for the service and sale of alcohol.
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The Price Chopper supermarket at 50 Cambridge St., which opened in 2003, will close for good at the end of January, according to the New York-based company. “After a thorough and thoughtful review, we determined that closing this location was necessary to align our resources with the needs of the broader market,” Blaine Bringhurst, president of Market32/Price Chopper, said Tuesday in an announcement of the closing. The 70,000-square-foot store, outside Webster Square, opened in 2003. It was built on the site of the old Reed & Prince factory. The final day will be Jan. 31.
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