So for now, the bottom line is that those plastic bags at the end of the checkout counter will never be filled with groceries. Customers will no longer sit at the store's granite counter, gazing out the window onto Mass. Ave. as they eat their gourmet lunches.
As for the future, Barsamian said, "I haven't closed the door on opening another store."
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But it's a little early for that--for now, he said, he's busy "recovering."
"Quite honestly," he said, "right now I have no idea what I'm going to do."