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July / August 2010 4th Annual BONS - Best of Northshore Best Beer Selection (Reader's Choice): Gulu-Gulu Café (PDF) Northshore Magazine |
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Monday July 26, 2010 "The restaurant boom, many say, has brought life to a once-moribund downtown." |
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Thursday April 1, 2010 "At Gulu-Gulu’s (Open Mic), a lively crew of regulars show up to play genre crossing music that includes traditional folk, bluegrass, blues, folk and originals, whatever the performers decide play that night. The Gulu-Gulu also hosts an afternoon open bluegrass jam, every second Saturday of the month, hosted by Henry DuLaurence." |
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Sunday March 21, 2010 "I crossed the street, past the “Bewitched’’ statue, and went with Danielle to the Gulu-Gulu Cafe, a restaurant that has quickly become one of the anchors of the Witch City night life scene..." |
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Tuesday March 16, 2010 "The staff is as funky and friendly as the surroundings- piercings, tattoos- anything goes. Makes an artist like yours truly feel plenty welcome." |
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Thursday March 11, 2010 Around Salem Town - Gulu-Gulu Cafe (PDF) Red Skies - Salem State College "If you are looking for the most diverse and palatable selection of beers in Salem, you’ve found it!" |
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Tuesday March 5, 2010 Every Wednesday night in Salem on Essex Street you’ll see a line outside of the Gulu-Gulu Café waiting for a night of entertainment provided by the musical guests...the locals. |
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Monday March 1, 2010 The Dejas - Speeding Softly (PDF) Glide Magazine A nice piece on The Dejas who perform regularly at the Gulu-Gulu. |
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Friday January 1, 2010 (This story first ran on Art Throb on May 17, 2009) Joy Street – A Study of Angst and Pain (PDF) North Shore Art Throb "During the past several weeks, more times than I can count, I’ve sat on a couch at Salem’s Gulu Gulu Café beneath a stark charcoal drawing and felt like this frustrated, hands-on-hips, chin-jutted-out, defiant, angry dude, who seems to be engaged in a fiery debate with someone unseen..." |
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Thursday December 29, 2009 "Bluegrass fans, as well as musicians who like to play that form of American roots music, are invited to attend a monthly Bluegrass Jam at Salem's Gulu-Gulu Cafe. The event is held the second Saturday of every month and run by Henry DuLaurence, who sings and plays guitar and mandolin at the open jam." |
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Thursday December 3, 2009 DJ Radio Scotvoid "creates his own SCENE — Salem's Chiptune, Electronica & Noise Extravaganza — the second installment of which will take place at Gulu-Gulu Cafe in Salem tomorrow night." |
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Wednesday December 2, 2009 Eclipse, Gulu-Gulu to join Northampton's restaurant row (PDF) GazetteNET The Northampton Gulu-Gulu will be a "pseudo-restaurant," Feldmann said, serving light fare like paninis and salads as well as coffee, wine and beer. |
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Monday November 30, 2009 Radio Scotvoid sets the S.C.E.N.E. in Salem (PDF) North Shore Art Throb "What do you envision when you think of electronic music?... check out S.C.E.N.E. at the Gulu Gulu Café in Salem this Friday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m" |
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Wednesday, October 23, 2009 "A stop at the Gulu-Gulu Café in the heart of downtown Salem might not shock or scare, but does offer a good place for lunch on one of Salem’s October days." |
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Fall 2009 "The European-style café is a unique hot spot that promotes and encourages music and art in the Greater Boston area. With something new and exciting to offer every night of the week, the Gulu-Gulu Café is guaranteed to never be a bore." |
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 "In addition to great food and drinks, (Gulu-Gulu) depending on the night, features live music that makes for a fun night out." |
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Tuesday September 8, 2009 Gulu-Gulu Café In Salem, MA Is More Than Just A Cafe (PDF) GlobalYp.net "Gulu-Gulu Café is a great local site providing fun and relaxation to anyone who stops in for a bite and a drink." |
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Wednesday September 2, 2009 Restaurant Review of The Gulu Gulu Café (PDF) Suite101 "Gulu Gulu Café succeeds in crafting an eclectic place that's good for patrons of practically any age." |
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August/ September 2009 4th Annual BONS - Best of Northshore Best Beer Selection (Reader's Choice): Gulu-Gulu Café (PDF) Northshore Magazine |
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Wednesday July 29, 2009 The Gulu (and several other local institutions) is mentioned in this travel report of Salem from the UK. |
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July 2009 Readers Choice Awards 2009 Best Restaurant for Lunch (Honorable Mention): Gulu-Gulu Café (PDF) Community Newspaper Co. |
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June 2009 The Gulu-Gulu Theme! - Radio Spot (MP3) WFNX - 101.7FM Gulu friends John and Ashley Nicholls wrote, produced, performed, and recorded this spot that is playing in heavy rotation on our favorite radio station, WFNX! |
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Friday June 19, 2009 Art Throb’s AMAZING Launch Party (PDF) North Shore Art Throb Last night, tons of people turned up to celebrate the launch of Art Throb magazine at the Gulu! Video: Art Throb Launch Party | What is Art Throb? |
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Friday June 12, 2009 "The more I heard about it, the more I was intrigued, and looking at the events calendar made me realize this was more than just another trendy café..." |
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Thursday June 4, 2009 Where the Wild Things are — Exhibit Brings Dream Characters to Life Page 1 (PDF) | Page 2 (PDF) | Pix (PDF) North Shore Art Throb Article on the Gulu's featured artists Greg & Judi Orfanos.
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Thursday May 21, 2009 Music for the Masses (PDF) North Shore Art Throb "Looks of bewilderment are common from those passing by the large picture windows at Gulu Gulu in Salem’s downtown on Wednesday nights..." |
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Thursday April 23, 2009 The hip little restaurant is hosting the Salem Theatre Company's tribute to Shakespeare. |
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Friday February 27, 2009 Sound Off (PDF) Boston Globe Radio Scotvoid’s upcoming performance at the Gulu is the main feature. |
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Monday December 29, 2008 What are you doing New Years Eve (PDF) The Salem Insider The Gulu-Gulu Café is listed as one of four places in Salem to go to on New Years Eve for Radio Scotvoid’s Disco Ball. |
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Friday December 26, 2008 Out with the old, spin with the new (PDF) Boston Globe The Gulu-Gulu Café is featured as one of ten places to party at this New Years Eve for the 1970 inspired Disco Ball. |
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Sunday December 14, 2008 Nearly four years after Steve Feldmann and Marie Feldmannova opened Gulu-Gulu - the name a nod to the Prague bistro where the couple met - the Central Square coffee shop is no longer. "We just ran out of time and money." |
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Wednesday November 26, 2008 |
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Thursday November 20, 2008 Gulu-Gulu Café plans to close its original Lynn shop, but the Salem location shouldn’t be affected, according to owners. |
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Thursday November 20, 2008 Eclectic eatery and local hangout Gulu-Gulu Café in Central Square will be reportedly closing its doors next month after a nearly four-year run... |
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Thursday November 08, 2008 Judy C will throw a CD release party for "444" at the Gulu Gulu Café in Salem on Saturday Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. |
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Thursday October 16, 2008 Doctor Gasp!!! performs his ghoulish holiday show on Oct. 18 at the Gulu-Gulu Café. |
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Wednesday September 10, 2008 Modern Millie and Cabin Fever are teaming up for a fashion show at Gulu-Gulu Café that benefits Northeast Animal Shelter. |
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Monday September 08, 2008 |
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Thursday September 04, 2008 Thursday August 21, 2008 Two nice pieces on two great bands that perform regularly at the Gulu-Gulu. |
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August/ September 2008 "Who knew when the Gulu-Gulu opened in Salem it would be such a hit?" |
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Tuesday July 08, 2008 "One morning last week, a couple walked into Gulu-Gulu Café and snagged an outdoor table overlooking Lappin Park and the weekday clamor of downtown Salem..." |
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Thursday May 22, 2008 A - Rating "Alright now to the important stuff- the beer. Gulu-Gulu by far has the best selection of beer in Salem... " |
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Thursday April 17, 2008 Gulu-Gulu Café was named New Business of the Year |
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Thursday April 17, 2008 New Business of the Year, awarded to the best new business that opened in 2007: Gulu-Gulu Café |
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Tuesday April 8, 2008 Lynn "has its own draw, namely Gulu-Gulu Café, a coffeehouse-cum-bar-cum-music venue where you can Czech yourself and then wreck yourself...." |
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Wednesday April 7, 2008 "Gulu-Gulu Cafe brought with it a huge beer menu, interesting live music and a packed house of well-tattooed hipsters. A cascading effect of late night changes shortly ensued..." |
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Thursday April 3, 2008 "A North Shore writer and the owners of a Salem restaurant will acknowledge National Poetry Month with the Witch City Poetry Series throughout April at the Gulu-Gulu Café..." |
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Thursday April 3, 2008 Nice article on Gulu regular performer Radio Scotvoid. |
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Thursday March 27, 2008 Words in motion: Poetry series to begin at Gulu-Gulu Café (PDF) Salem Gazette A mix of poets of the page and artists of the spoken word will gather at the Gulu-Gulu Café (in Salem) every week in April to celebrate National Poetry Month. |
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Thursday March 27, 2008 In downtown, things are looking up (PDF) Salem Gazette You can find live music in downtown Salem every weekend at area restaurants and now at Gulu-Gulu, a Bohemian café/club open to 1 a.m. |
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Tuesday February 19, 2008 Glasgow KY - Daily Times Version "Even businesses named for sentimental reasons can catch on, like the Gulu Gulu Café on Essex Street in Salem..." |
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Wednesday January 30, 2008 A story spotlighting all the cool things to see and do in Salem including the Gulu-Gulu Café. |
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Wednesday December 5, 2007 "A hip big city feel nestled in an artsy down town space." |
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Sunday December 2, 2007 "... the Witch City should be thankful it was chosen as Gulu's second home. It makes downtown even more of an attraction, especially after dark." |
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Tuesday September 18, 2007 "Gulu-Gulu is a great college cafe; most nights it is open (late) making it a perfect spot to stay awake and do work." |
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Thursday September 20, 2007 "On Sunday the Gulu-Gulu Café will be transformed into a hub of 1970s workplace fashion at the biannual fashion show put on by the secondhand boutique Modern Millie." |
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Friday August 31, 2007 A story spotlighting new and upcoming business arriving in downtown Salem, including the Gulu-Gulu Café. |
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Friday August 10, 2007 "Like Rick’s Café in Casablanca, Gulu-Gulu Café, which opened its doors late last month, comes with a worldly and romantic story..." |
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Friday August 3, 2007 “Downtown Salem is vibrant and cool and already alive,” said Gulu-Gulu owner Steve Feldmann. “We’ve come here to join the party.” |
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Sunday May 27,
2007 Looking forward (to 2017), you'll find restaurants in new corners of Boston and the suburbs, mouthwatering new tastes, and a new type of service... "You might finish the night with cappuccino at Euro-hip cafes like Gulu-Gulu. So Prague of you." |
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Monday April 23, 2007 "The second Gulu-Gulu, which will operate seven days a week, received a seasonal alcohol license from the city last week..." |
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Sunday April 22, 2007 "The (Gulu-Gulu) cafe -- right across the square from Feldmann's loft -- is a cornerstone of the new downtown scene..." |
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Monday April 2, 2007 Getting prepared for a clean-up of Central Square in Lynn on Earth Day April 21st from 9-4 are Heather Leonardo, Lorin Slade and (the Gulu-Gulu's very own) Marie Feldmannova... |
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Friday March 31, 2007 Lt. Gov. Tim Murray chats with his former elementary school teacher over coffee at Gulu-Gulu Café in Lynn’s Central Square... |
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Friday February 23, 2007 "The heart of downtown Salem will be home to a new, hip establishment this spring when the oddly named Gulu-Gulu Café opens." Print Edition with Additional Pix - Page 1 (PDF) | Page 2 (PDF) |
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Sunday February 18, 2007 Basically the same article as Romancing the stove that was picked up by the Associated Press. |
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Thursday February 14, 2007 "Romance is an element of any restaurant, so it's no wonder that there are plenty of couples in the business. Marie Feldmannova and her husband, Steve Feldmann, named their quirky place for the cafe in Prague where they met..." |
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Friday January 12, 2007 "There are six hot spots in Lynn - and we're not talking about nightclubs here..." |
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Saturday December 8, 2006 "(Lt. Gov.-elect Tim Murray) cited the Gulu-Gulu Café in Central Square as an example of a arts-related business that the average outsider might not think of in the context of downtown Lynn, and yet it is there and thriving." |
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Sunday October 15, 2006 |
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July 2006 "Its true Gulu-Gulu offers something for everyone. They screen wonderfully eclectic indie films, have regular open mic nights and local talent is booked a month in advance to play every week. There’s also artwork featured on the beautiful brick walls of the café. And if you’re worried that I haven’t mentioned the food yet its because I’ve saved the best for last..." |
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Thursday, June 29, 2006 "Peter Deveau, director of city's Economic Development and Industrial Corporation, acknowledged that it might appear that growth has slowed downtown, but pointed to the Dunkin' Donuts on the corner of Union Street and Central Square, The Oxford Street Grill and the Gulu Gulu Café, as three examples of businesses doing well." |
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Wednesday June 14, 2006 Lay's colorful world comes to Lynn (PDF) In Newsweekly "In Marblehead, (Hillary Lay) has shown her work at local art shows in restaurants and churches, and it was through a bookstore employee that first brought her to the attention of the owners of the Lynn-based Gulu-Gulu Café." |
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Sunday June 4, 2006 "My experience of the food and cold beverage was beyond delicious on both counts and the exotic menu offerings were even more mouthwatering than described." Gulu Note: In this restaurant review the writer absolutely loved our food and yet seemed to absolutely hate everything else about our café (the music, art, furniture, and the overall atmosphere). It just goes to show that you can’t please everyone all the time. This being a truly "fair and balanced" website we believe that all articles written about the Gulu should be posted whether we agree with them or not. |
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April & May 2006 The Gulu-Gulu Café crew recorded our first radio advertisement, and it will be playing in heavy rotation on our favorite radio station, WFNX! The spot was written by the Gulu's very own Ashley Santor and stars Ashley, Tana, Marie, and Steve. What is the best way to describe the Gulu-Gulu Café? Listen
as we try to figure out how to answer to that very question... |
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Wednesday April 5, 2006 "It’s hip and definitely a step above the norm for Central Square, which is working hard to undergo a renaissance. And this is a good start because once you walk in you aren’t in Lynn anymore Toto." |
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Sunday March 12, 2006 "The Gulu-Gulu Café in Lynn is among the area's private business offering a free WiFi hotspot." |
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Saturday March 11, 2006 Re-New Orleans Fundraiser Public Service Announcement (MP3) WFNX - 101.7FM |
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Sunday January 29,
2006 "But Lynn has something extra that's drawing a certain kind of resident - most in their 20s, 30s, and 40s: It has a scene. Locals hang out in hardscrabble Central Square, sipping wine at poetry slams held in the Gulu-Gulu Café..." |
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December 16, 2005 Don Baker, Steve Feldmann, Omar Guerrero, Lowell Gray and John Olson were singled out for the community commitment awards. The recognition is for member businesses that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to doing business in Greater Lynn. |
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Sunday December 4, 2005 Globe North recently asked readers to tell us how they picked their new hometown. Here is one reader's response. "But wait. There's more. If you get a hankering for some Czech beer or a double espresso, get thee to the Gulu-Gulu Café..." |
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October 23, 2005 Feldmann's idea: create a local meeting place "that serves coffee, pastries, soup and sandwiches during the day, and at night becomes a European-style wine and specialty beer bar with music, spoken-word performances and even movies..." |
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Fall-Winter 2005/2006 "The Feldmanns ended up liking their new city so much, they decided to start a business here and are proud that they are considered a part of the city's downtown revitalization..." |
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October 9, 2005 Pix from the print edition (JPG) |
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September 19, 2005 |
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September 12, 2005 |
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August 7, 2005 Pix from the print edition (JPG) |
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August 2005 What is your favorite restaurant in the Boston area for cheap
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July 13, 2005 Wednesday’s have officially been dubbed Food Day on the Swasey Show and “Henry’s Hot Plate” spotlights a new restaurant each week! |
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July 13, 2005 Pix from the print edition (JPG) |
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June 16, 2005 |
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June 10, 2005 "The Keith Building, a Mayo Group project in yet another Central Square historic structure, recently became home to the Gulu Gulu Café, which features loft-style condos on the upper floors..." |
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May 13, 2005 Pix from the print edition (JPG) |
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Spring 2005 "Feldmann came to the EDIC this past summer for assistance and after a long journey, the Gulu-Gulu Café opened in May." |
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Feburary 4, 2005 |
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January 28, 2005 "A plan to bring an evening gathering and entertainment spot to Central Square for the first time in 10 years is one step closer to becoming a reality." |
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December 17, 2004 "Suspending a standing aversion to alcohol licenses into Lynn's downtown, the City Council unanimously approved a beer and wine permit for restauranteurs Steven Feldmann and Marie Feldmannova, paving the way for Lynn's first European-style café..." |
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