An historic building in the western suburbs of Boston could still become the site of a restaurant thanks in part to the efforts of a nonprofit group.
According to someone involved with Friends of the Josiah Smith Tavern, plans are in place to have a restaurant operator open a dining spot at the Josiah Smith Tavern site in Weston Center, with the proposed restaurant possibly including dining areas on the ground floor, a front and back patio, and a second-floor ballroom. We have been told that the town has given its approval for the space to be used as a restaurant (and the town actually owns the property), though any final lease is subject to approval by the town's Select Board while the buildout would be subject to final approval by Historic New England.
Proposals to open a restaurant at the site have been given since at least 2009, when we first reported on the possibility of a dining spot opening within the space; the tavern itself dates back to 1757 and was originally used as a stagecoach stop and meeting place.
The address for the Josiah Smith Tavern site is 358 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA, 02493. More on the plans for the space can be found here.
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