by Rosie 
Sad news: Boulevard Tavern will be pulling its final pint this weekend, after 10 years of serving the neighborhood.
Owner Harold Kramer and his wife Ria started running the bar in 2005. They reclaimed the name ‘Boulevard Tavern’ after discovering the signage underneath that of J&D’s, the bar that closed on the same site in the early 2000s.
Tragically, Ria lost her battle with cancer three years ago, and Harold has been struggling to…
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