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According to the Grille's lawyer, James J. Rafferty, the sale agreement was "directly related" to recent disciplinary action against the bar taken by the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) and Cambridge License Commission (CLC). The Grille, which has a long history of violations, will close its operations and surrender its liquor license tomorrow morning, when its 18-day state license suspension for six counts of serving alcohol to minors takes effect...
...CLC approves the transfer, which Richard V. Scali, its Executive Director, said was likely due to Grafton's "good reputation," Grafton would open a new restaurant in the Grille's 59 JFK Street space as early as late August, according to owner Patrick Lee. Grafton still plans to reopen its original Grafton Street restaurant in the space formerly occupied by the Bow and Arrow...
...after the transfer application was filed, the CLC found the Grille in violation again for serving alcohol to a 20-year-old Boston University (B.U.) student on a Mar. 23 sting, but decided not to impose further sanction on the bar until it had heard the petition to transfer the liquor license...
...said he called Paul C. McCarthy, the owner of the Grille, about three months ago to inquire about purchasing the establishment, and that negotiations for the sale were ongoing when the ABCC and CLC found it in violation this spring. Scali said when the ABCC announced the suspensions that a number of potential buyers had called him asking about the availability of the Grille's license, but Rafferty then denied that a sale was in the works. The two businesses signed a purchase and sale agreement on May 4 but waited nearly two weeks to file their application...
...Grafton told the CLC that the new restaurant would be named the Archway Tavern, but Lee said that was a temporary name for the duration of the hearings. The company has not decided what to name the new restaurant, which Lee said would serve a "casual menu" and put tables on an outdoor patio. Lee said that Grafton planned extensive renovations that he hoped would begin in mid-June...