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Michael’s Harborside Honcho Will Clean Up Casa Blanca

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Jim Rogers, the man behind the opening of Newburyport’s Michael’s Harborside, wants to open a pub in Salem, reports the Salem News. Rogers recently appeared in front of the city’s Licensing Board on behalf of The Lafayette Grill, which he hopes to open in the former home of the crime-ridden nightclub Casa Blanca. Rogers told the board he has no desire to replicate Casa Blanca’s toxic atmosphere: “I’ve run nightclubs before. I don’t want to do it again.” Instead, he plans a menu of pub fare like steak tips and burgers targeted at families and local college students. Rogers hopes to open The Lafayette Grill this summer.

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Michael’s Harborside Honcho Will Clean Up Casa Blanca