{"id":22945,"date":"2024-02-28T21:55:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T02:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=22945"},"modified":"2024-02-28T21:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T02:56:53","slug":"als-upstairs-italian-restaurant-300-meeting-street-19-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=22945","title":{"rendered":"Al's Upstairs Italian Restaurant, 300 Meeting Street: 19 December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I wish I would have gone to Al's<\/i>. It seems like the kind of place I would like, but I also had the impression that it was a white-tablecloth place where you probably needed a reservation, and I never exercised that amount of pre-planning.<\/p>\n

In december the owner, the titular \"Al\" Loftis announced his retirement, and the closing of the restaurant after 44 years. That's a very good run!<\/p>\n

You can read about it on WIS<\/a>, and in The State's year-end list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So far, it looks like the building is pretty much untouched, and there's no indication of anything new coming.<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to commenter Larry)<\/p>\n

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