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Todd English gets 90 more days to re-open Olives

Think they can finish in 90 days? Donna Garlough looked inside today.Think they can finish in 90 days? David Garlough peered inside Olives today.

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday agreed to give Todd English 90 more days to actually re-open his fire-damaged Olives restaurant in Charlestown or risk having his liquor license taken away. That's the same extension the board gave the celebrichef in July, when he told board members he thought he could have the restaurant rehabbed and re-opened by in eight weeks. It's also the same extension the board gave English in April, when he told the board he hoped to be open by July.

A grease fire in May, 2010 shut the place. At the April meeting, English blamed problems getting paid by his insurance company.

In the meantime, Charlestown residents have grown annoyed with the unopened storefront and the fact the restaurant still has dedicated valet spaces that nobody else can park in even though it's closed.

The board often grants continuing extensions to restaurant owners who show evidence they are actually working to open closed restaurants, although the board does occasionally lose its patience and revoke the liquor licenses of long shuttered establishments no matter what the owners say.

Unlike with food-serving licenses, the number of liquor licenses in Boston is limited by the state legislature.

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Really, why is it so hard? If the restaurant isn't open, cover the signs temporarily. Shouldn't take a city crew more than half an hour. Bill the guy if you have to.

"At the April meeting, English blamed problems getting paid by his insurance company."

Given personal experience and the experience of everyone I've ever heard who had to file a claim with an insurance company, I'd say that's a pretty believable reason, though one that should be easily backed up with correspondence proving it.

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Take a socket wrench and remove the signs yourself. I do not think the City will be in any rush to replace them.

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How come Chef Irvine can do this in 24 hours and Chef English can't do it in 24 months?

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Sometimes you have to bring the building up to code, where before it was out of compliance but grandfathered in.

Cripes.

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zut alors!

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a total douche, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
Just ask the owner of Big Daddy's in Brighton, it took him years of wrangling with his insurance company before he could re-open after a fire.

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insurance company or not, he stoped anns started construction about a half-dozen times. Guy is a liar!

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They will be open in 90 days, but it won't be pretty.

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