Box Bar Will Become An Italian Restaurant

PLYMOUTH, MI — While the closing of Plymouth’s venerable Box Bar has been pushed back until January, plans for its transformation into an Italian eatery are well underway. New owners of the Ann Arbor Trail bar, which dates back to the 1940s, plan to open Bigalora Wood-Fired Cucina and an Arbor Brewing Co. microbrewery next spring, according to a Plymouth Observer report.

"We're proud of the Box Bar and we want to make it the best place in town that we can possibly make it," part owner Ron Cook said.

“Owners face one potential hurdle, though. Although the Box Bar's liquor license is being transferred for Bigalora, owners need a separate license for the microbrewery — and the city of Plymouth has reached its self-imposed limit of 25 liquor licenses for places that sell alcohol by the glass.”

For more, go to the Plymouth Observer.

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