Bertha’s Mussels closed in October of 2023, and its longtime owner, Tony Norris, auctioned off its contents last spring as he and his wife headed into retirement.
“We’d like to see the best thing happen to it, but right now, we’re just concerned with getting on with our lives,” Norris told us at the time.
When the property didn’t bring enough at auction, its fate was left uncertain, and it didn’t help this week when city inspectors posted a sign on the building’s door stating it had been condemned.
Work is underway to brace an exterior brick wall that posed a risk of collapsing…