Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe in South End Is Papered Over

A legendary Boston dining spot is suddenly papered over, and it is not known what the future might hold for the place.

According to a Twitter thread from this afternoon, Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe in the South End is shuttered and locked up, with the window out front being papered over sometime today. A source tells us that the Columbus Avenue eatery had been locked up and dark for more than a week now, while another source mentions a sign out front said this morning that it was going to open today but the sign is now gone and the paper apparently went up over the past few hours. There is no word as of yet what exactly is happening with Charlie's; as soon as we find out more, we will post an update here.

Charlie's is a landmark diner and coffee shop that first opened in 1927; the place shut down in the summer of 2014 but reopened under new ownership in early 2016. The diner is known in part for its turkey hash.

The address for Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe is 429 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA, 02116.

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