Hangar Bar and Grill Eyed For Former Chameleons Site
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The former Chameleons is poised to become Hangar Pub and Grill.
Hangar of Pittsfield will be before the Licensing Board next week asking to receive the liquor license from the property owners. The company is headed by Harold Tramazzo, out of Westfield, who owns Hangar Bar and Grill in Amherst.
Tramazzo runs a Wings Over Amherst delivery business and manages operations at the Amherst Brewing Co. as well. Earlier this year he opened a new restaurant in Greenfield — Hangar of Greenfield — with the accompanying Wings Over Greenfield delivery service.
Attorney Anthony Doyle, who represents the property owner Pamela Rice, said last month that the buyer is expecting to purchase both the license and the property. A purchase-and-sales agreement had been signed and the closing is expected in January.
"The property is under contract and the liquor license is going with it," Doyle said at the time.
The license is on the agenda next Monday to be transferred from Melissa Drumm-Sweener, who ran Chameleons, to Hangar of Pittsfield.
Chameleons has been closed since 2014, following a three-week liquor license suspension. Police say the former nightclub had security issues, allegedly served underage patrons, and other concerns. Also in 2014, two people we shot in the parking lot outside of the club.
Prior to Chameleons, the East Street location was the home to Bobby Hudpuckers. The application and filing with the secretary of state show the intent to return the site to a restaurant usage.
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