Arlington Heights Brigham's becomes a frozen asset
By Ron Newman - 5/2/12 - 4:59 pm
State tax officials seized and closed one of the few remaining Brigham's restaurants today, claiming that it owed over $92,000 in meals taxes dating back to 2009.
Another Brigham's on Trapelo Road in Belmont, owned by the same people, closed in January. That location is now the home of Moozy's Ice Cream.
The Arlington Heights Brigham's could reopen if its owners make a significant down payment on their taxes within the next few weeks.
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alas
Sad to hear. I used to love getting a frappe there... it had a very cozy feel...
Bye!
I used to work in the same building. If this is closing, Brighams is *gone*. That's where they made the ice cream to sell in all the stores.
Nope, different building
You're thinking of the old Brigham's factory on Mill Street, and the store next to it. Those closed three years ago and have been demolished. A residential development is under construction there now. Hood now makes all Brigham's brand ice cream that is sold in supermarkets and convenience stores.
Ah
Thanks for the clarification.
In
before the eval guv'mint / it's all their fault posts.
Brighams recent history
Brigham's used to have shops all over the place. Sad to see it's come to this, because the ice cream was great. But there's been a lot of management turmoil for the past five or ten years. The Globe had this to say this about Brighams in 2009:
The article said Cooper bought Brigham's from another PE firm based in Newton, and Hood bought the brand rights.
This is an independently owned Brigham's shop
and is a different Arlington location than the one the Globe refers to in that 2009 article. That one was off Mill Street adjoining Brigham's old factory, near Arlington High School. Both the store and the factory have since been demolished.
ive known luke the owner
I've known Luke, the owner of Brighams, for years and in my not-very-humble opinion, the guy is a major turd, although i like his ice cream.
Say it ain't so.
A 33-year-old private equity investor bought a beloved chain as an investment, and his incompetence and general douchebaggery is running it into the ground?
Say it ain't so.
I suppose that space could
I suppose that space could become another massage parlor now.
It's not as if there aren't enough of them on Mass Ave already.
It would still be better than the alternative.
Brigham's may be a relic, but they don't have to treat that shop like it's frozen in time. The place needs a massive cleaning and redecoration. Considering how bad the Brigham's TV ads are (dug up from a vault storing TV movies recorded on VHS in 1980), it's almost like they're specifically going for the nostalgia, but it doesn't have quite the same endearing factor as, say, a visit to FunSpot.
We ate there once shortly after moving here, and were thoroughly unimpressed.
Back in business
Seems they paid off the back taxes and they're open again:
http://arlington.patch.com/articles/breaking-brigham-s-is-back