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Daily Archives: November 19, 2012
Archives Diary: “Sunday Night at Bette’s”
It’s 1975, and Bette’s Rolls Royce, a restaurant/nightclub on Union Street near Faneuil Hall, is the place to spend an evening sipping $1.25 Champagne cocktails for two. Settling in to your supper of Bette’s famous chopped sirloin or soused shrimp, … Continue reading
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