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Varo seeks outdoor seating on Hamilton Row; board urges sidewalk tables or clearer plans
Summary
Varo representatives told the Birmingham Planning Board May 14 they hope to add an outdoor dining area at 283 Hamilton Row; the board encouraged the applicant to show exact parking spaces and consider placing a small number of tables on the wide sidewalk rather than building a street-deck.
Varo, a fast-casual butcher-sandwich shop that opened on Hamilton Row in December, presented a pre-application for an outdoor dining platform at 283 Hamilton Row on May 14.
The applicant (Pauline, Varo’s vice president of operations) joined on Zoom and said the revised concept would take one parking space and an adjacent maneuvering…
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