Rafferty said that although Grafton’s new restaurant would include a bar, he thought it would probably draw an “older crowd” than the Grille.
In March, he said that the Grille was “one of the last college bars in town.”
According to Scali, the CLC will hear the application on June 19 and announce its decision on June 28, and pending its approval the ABCC would then require four to six weeks to render its own decision on the transfer.
—Staff writer Daniela J. Lamas contributed to the reporting of this article.
—Staff writer Daniel K. Rosenheck can be reached at rosenhec@fas.harvard.edu.