Not just some Gallows rumor: Owner reaches deal to take over Hamersley's Bistro space

Rebecca Roth Gullo, owner of the Gallows, goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week for permission to buy Gordon Hamersley's liquor license for his eponymous bistro at 553 Tremont St. in the South End.

If the board approves, Gullo and manager Seth Yaffe would open a new restaurant in the space sometime after Hamersley closes down next month.

The board's hearings begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in its eighth-floor hearing room in City Hall.