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Abandoned taproom may get a Lift

Calling your attention to the corner of 13th and Buttonwood Streets (that's a block below Spring Garden in the emerging neighborhood called Callowhill).

The building, which had been known as the Carriage House, was home in the last year and a half to two operations: Makers Local -- gone in a minute -- and Canavan's Pub -- gone in five.

Michael Pasquarello and Jeniphur Whitleigh, who own the thriving Cafe Lift down the block (and may be the cutest restaurant couple in town), have an eye to take it over and restore it to its roots. Or close, anyway. Pasquarello has been researching through city archives (try it!) and found a photo of the place from 1894, when it was a handsome bar in a hopping neighborhood.

They want to call it Prohibition, and if liquor-license issues can be resolved, they'd like to open in September. But first, they're getting married in early June.

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