Published: 4/9/2021 2:56:31 PM
NORTHAMPTON Longtime downtown business owner Bill Muller thought he had a plan consolidate his Northampton businesses, Guild Art Supply and Pierce’s Frameshop, and his Easthampton printing business, Big Wheel Press, into one space in the old Serio’s Market storefront on State Street in Northampton.
The spot was ideal, complete with parking. “We were working on floor plans and everything,” he said. “Then COVID hit.”
Surrounded by so much economic uncertainty, Muller scrapped those plans entirely. Instead of staying in downtown Northampton, where he’s run Guild Art Supply for 37 years, he made the tough decision last year to move the store and framing shop to his press space in Easthampton.
Packard’s in Northampton sets reopening date; owner says staying shuttered ‘not an option for us’
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
Packard s is located at 14 Masonic St, in Northampton. It had closed in November 202 because of the pandemic, but will reopen its doors on Thursday, March 18. (Don Treeger | The Republican photo)
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NORTHAMPTON Packard’s, which billed itself as “The Bar that Never Closes,” will reopen March 18 after a winter-long COVID shutdown.
But Packard’s outspoken owner, Robert McGovern, said Monday the downtown economy is very different now from a year ago and has even changed since he closed Packard’s in November.
India House wins Northampton liquor license in lottery
India House on State Street in Northampton. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 2/5/2021 8:55:30 AM
NORTHAMPTON Seven restaurants and bars entered a lottery for a liquor license held by the city’s License Commission on Wednesday and one lucky winner emerged.
“We choose at random out of an old-school bingo spinner from the city clerk,” said Annie Lesko, the clerk for the License Commission, who also works in the mayor’s office.
India House on State Street was chosen as the winner at the commission’s meeting Wednesday. The license, which allows bars and restaurants to serve beer, wine and liquor, was previously used by the Sierra Grille on Strong Avenue before it closed this fall.
Off The Menu: Holiday grab of news and notes
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
The Miss Florence Diner in Florence is making Christmas season celebrations a bit easier this year.
“Miss Flo” is offer pick-up meals on Christmas Eve day and Christmas morning. Four options are available: spiral glazed ham with au gratin potatoes, a traditional turkey dinner, roast pork, and classic lasagna.
Whole pies at Christmas are a Miss Flo tradition, with eight different varieties available for advance ordering.
The Miss Florence Diner will also be open Christmas morning, serving breakfast only, from 8 a.m. until noon.
Contact the Miss Florence Diner at (413) 584-3137
Northampton’s Bistro Les Gras ends 12-year run
Bistro Les Gras in Northampton Wednesday, December 16, 2020. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Bistro Les Gras in Northampton Wednesday, December 16, 2020. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Modified: 12/16/2020 4:43:53 PM
NORTHAMPTON Farm-to-fork French restaurant Bistro Les Gras, a high-end fixture next door to the Smith College campus, became the latest local business casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic as it announced its closure online Wednesday.
The announcement marked the end of a 12-year run by the downtown dining establishment, which opened during the Great Recession.
Co-owners and married couple Elizabeth Martinez (manager) and Daniel Martinez (chef), bid their “adieu” in a Facebook post and on their website, thanking community members for their patronage at the restaurant over the years.