LENOX â The gathering spot âwhere everyone knows your nameâ â often compared to Cheers in the classic TV sitcom by the same name â is changing hands in about a month.
After 21 years running the Olde Heritage Tavern, proprietor John McNinch is selling the Housatonic Street building and the business.
The new owner is Ryan Salame, 27, a Sandisfield native who bought the long-term lease for Firefly Gastropub and Catering Co. from Laura Shack last fall. Firefly, which has been closed for exactly one year, after the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, is expected to reopen in the spring.
McNinch assured Heritage customers that, under Salameâs ownership and with hands-on management by Jane Blanchard, a longtime Firefly supervisor, âthey want to keep it pretty much the same. Theyâre keeping all the staff.â