Historic Dugout Cafe dive bar to sell its liquor license to chain restaurant

The listed price for the all-alcohol liquor license is $550,000, according to an attorney representing Earls Kitchen + Bar.

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The Dugout Cafe, a nearly-century-old dive bar open in Boston since Prohibition’s end, was approved to give its liquor license to a Canadian chain of restaurants looking to open a third location in Greater Boston.

The Boston Licensing Board approved the liquor license transfer from Dugout Cafe to Earls Kitchen + Bar’s Seaport location at a Jan. 8 meeting. The prized liquor license comes with a price tag of $550,000, an attorney representing Earls told Boston.com, which is near the going rate for the heavily restricted all-alcohol licenses on the private market in Boston…

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