North End restaurants threaten to sue over new outdoor dining fees

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North End restaurants threaten to sue over new outdoor dining fees
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Mayor Wu today told RadioBoston that North End restaurateurs have additional options to pay the controversial outdoor dining fees introduced last week:

A server brings beverages to a group of people dining for lunch at Mother Anna’s in the North End in 2020.

The Pellinos are not alone in this fight. Dozens of North End restauranteurs are prepared to pursue legal action in response to the new program. Frank Mendoza, co-owner of Monica's Trattoria, is one of those organizing restaurant owners against the fees. He told WBUR that about 60 owners met on Friday and decided to retain a lawyer to fight the program.

Rabia's opened in December 2019, but Silvestri says he's lived in and out of the North End his whole life. Today, he lives a seven minute walk from Rabia's. Restaurant-goers enjoy dinner on an outdoor patio at Terramia Ristorante in Boston's North End on Sept. 4, 2020. share a letter The proposed fees include a one-time fee of $7,500, plus a monthly fee of $450-$500 per parking spot occupied by a restaurant's patio., Wu clarified the one-time fee could be paid in monthly installments of $1,500 rather than upfront. She also said some restaurants may qualify for hardship vouchers, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Those options were not included in Friday's letter to restauranteurs.

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