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Friday, January 11, 2013

Living History: Lafayette House has Occupied Foxborough Since 1784

The house has stood in Foxborough for over 229 years.

Ron Young has owned the Lafayette House in Foxborough more than 20 years, but the building itself has been around for a lot longer. Young said the house has been around for 229 years. It was originally the Bristol County Courthouse and stagecoach house called the Everett Inn, even though the property is not in Bristol County. “At some point, the court left,” he said. “This building is not in Bristol County … the building was located here primarily because it’s halfway between Boston and Providence – what a horse does in one day is 20 miles and it’s 20 miles to Providence from Boston. That’s why it was built here. It was once called the halfway house, the white house ... this road out front [Route 1] was the main road.” Young said he is an …

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Jake n Joe's to Open Foxborough Location in January 2013

Jake n Joe's said on its Facebook page it expects to open its Foxborough location in January 2013.

Jake N’ Joes Sports Grille expects to open at the former site of Piccadilly Pub in Foxborough sometime in January 2013, according to the establishment's Facebook page. "Our Foxborough location will be opening in January 2013," Jake n Joe's said in a reply to a Facebook fan's question on its fan page. "There is not a specific date announced yet." The restaurant's representatives, Grand Slam Restaurant Concepts Foxborough LLC DBA, had originally targeted a Nov. 21 opening date when it applied for a Common Victuallers license and a transfer of Piccadilly Pub's liquor license with the town. Selectmen approved all license requests for the restaurant in August but the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has yet to issue final approval…

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