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More Alcohol-Serving Restaurants Could Be Coming to Arlington
Once dry, Arlington has now become a town known for its restaurants, Town Meeting Members remarked Wednesday.
Arlington Town Meeting Members initiated a process Wednesday that could add five more alcohol-serving restaurants in town.
Members passed a warrant article, 187-22, which now has to pass the state legislature and then a town-wide vote next April, before the five additional all-alcohol licenses for restaurants become a reality.
Arlington currently has 15 all-alcohol licenses, all of which are in use (or will be in use, like Common Ground).
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With the licenses maxed out, the Board of Selectmen looked into adding more after an Arlington chef, who owns restaurants in Boston and Somerville, approached the board about opening a restaurant in town, according to Selectman Diane Mahon.
On Wednesday, Town Meeting Members recalled the transformation from Arlington as a dry town to now, a town known for its restaurants.
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