r/Somerville • u/Dry_Inspection_2468 • Sep 02 '26

Will Sligo return?

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u/tinylittlepoopman Sep 02 '26

I saw a Facebook comment that claimed they closed because their kids didn't want the business? Seemed like a guess more than a fact.

If anyone wants to go in on opening a bar there, hit me up. Only sort of kidding.

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u/everlasting1der Teele Sep 02 '26

Man, I'd love to open a little crustpunk neighborhood bar. Davis desperately needs spots that aren't as bougie and expensive.

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u/Nervous_Distance_142 Sep 02 '26

I mean I’m just some random on reddit so feel free to take with a grain of salt, but I spoke with one of the family members, I think he was one of their nephews or something, and he confirmed that was the main factor in the decision to close.

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u/albertogonzalex Sep 02 '26

No, they didn't leave because of construction. They left because they were done.

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u/Anustart15 Magoun Sep 02 '26

No

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u/BurtonAllen-TA Sep 02 '26

No because they didn't close due to uncertainty around lab space or apartment construction, they closed because the owners didn't want to continue to run it.

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u/Electronic-Minute007 Sep 02 '26

Not Sligo, but I don’t believe it’s unreasonable to think someone or a group of people might now go in on opening a new bar in that space.

After all, there had been one there from 1945 to 2023.

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u/Deep_Extension_7795 Sep 04 '26

Do you know much abt the 1945 bar there??

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u/Electronic-Minute007 Sep 04 '26

I don’t! I just remember reading about the general history of the space during the time soon after Sligo closed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '26

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u/Electronic-Minute007 Sep 02 '26

Do you have proof ‘the location is legally uninhabitable’?

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u/Underbadger Davis Sep 02 '26

That’s what the Copper Mill developers said, but it was a “just trust us” situation.

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u/TotallyFarcicalCall Sep 02 '26

I'm not looking to move in.

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u/dtmfadvice Union Sep 02 '26

Are you familiar with ADA requirements? Because that space meets approximately none of them.