Tasty Burger to replace Rosebud?

[ron_newman]

Brandon Wilson from the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission told me that Tasty Burger is negotiating to buy both the Rosebud Diner and the Bar and Grille behind it. They plan to combine the two into a single restaurant.

The Historic Preservation folks are involved because Somerville has designated the diner as a single-building historic district. This means the city has to approve alterations to the façade -- such as painting out the name Rosebud on the diner, or removing the neon Rosebud sign on top.

If the deal goes through, the city will have to somehow balance its interest in historic preservation against the new business's right to put its own name on the building.

ETA links:

• Earlier davis_square LJ post about Tasty Burger
  
• Boston Magazine Chowder blog: Tasty Burger to Bring Second Location (and Booze!) to Davis Square
  
• Boston Restaurant Talk: Tasty Burger Is Coming to Davis Square in Somerville

(neither of these articles say it will be at the Rosebud, though)

Does no one have CDs anymore? Free shelves!

[dfan.livejournal.com]

We are moving, and I put all my old CD shelves out on the curb earlier today, and perhaps I am stuck in the 20th century but I am astonished that no one has taken them yet. It's like I put 8-track shelves out there or something. 4 nice tall CD shelves on the sidewalk at 31 Paulina tonight! Take them before the garbage truck does! One of you must want them.