The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday approved plans by Biplaw Rai to turn a long abandoned trolley station on Columbia Road in Uphams Corner into a restaurant that serves food with "Asian and African inspiration" by night and more traditional cafe fare by day. The board approved Rai's request for a liquor license for his Comfort Kitchen - but only if the board can find one
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For dozens of years, a city-owned building roughly the size of three college dorm rooms that is sandwiched between a Colonial-era cemetery and Columbia Road in Uphams Corner sat abandoned, featuring for public view gaping holes in its roof and containing extensive water damage. Come summer, things will be different: The building will offer Dorchester residents affordable,