Nick Varano gets on famously with North End Neighborhood Council in bid for license to serve beer, wine, cordials

NorthEndWaterfront.com reports the restaurant owner has the backing of the neighborhood group in his effort to get a partial alcohol license at his Famous Deli on Cross Street. Whether the Boston Licensing Board has any left to hand out, however, is another matter.

The site also reports a Salem Street barber shop won the council's approvals for its plans to amend its services to shave and a haircut, tattoos.