The Otter House is closing Jan. 13. The news began to leak word-of-mouth and on Twitter:
"Everyone in Fred have a few $1 domestics on Thursday for me and rage on #RIPOtterHouse."
"What's this about #RIPOtterHouse?"
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"I've heard from several friends in town that they're closing."
Otter House owners Stephen Cameli and Paul Stoddard were charged in August with the misdemeanor of keeping a public nuisance, but the charges were dropped when Judge John R. Stevens ruled in October there had been “insufficient probable cause” to raid the business.
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But the summer's events hurt the downtown business. “Basically, when all that went down, our business was affected terribly,” said co-owner Paul Stoddard to the Free Lance-Star.
Cameli and Stoddard will continue with Sunken Well Tavern at 720 Littlepage St.
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