Select Board extends outdoor dining season through Labor Day
Select Board unanimously extends outdoor dining season through Labor Day. The Board voted 4-0 to approve the expansion from the Friday before Memorial Day through the Friday after Labor Day, responding to a request from Bud Siciliano, co-owner of Heart and Soul Café, to add May and September to the
Select Board (Formerly Board of Selectmen) · Meeting of April 27, 2026
IPSWICH — Select Board unanimously extends outdoor dining season through Labor Day. The Board voted 4-0 to approve the expansion from the Friday before Memorial Day through the Friday after Labor Day, responding to a request from Bud Siciliano, co-owner of Heart and Soul Café, to add May and September to the permitted calendar. Chair Charles Surpitski noted that the decision addresses both parking-space use and sidewalk dining; Robert Vallis, owner of The Brown Dog, said the parking allocation has been crucial to his nine-year operation.
Interim Town Manager Thomas Younger recommended the Board develop formal written regulations for outdoor dining moving forward.
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Source: the Select Board (Formerly Board of Selectmen) meeting of April 27, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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