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Aidan Pollard May 4, 2021 MARION — Selectmen approved a liquor license for 27 Wareham Road, the site of Gilda’s Stone Rooster, so long as the bar receives an occupancy permit from the building commissioner. Selectmen approved the license at a May 4 meeting, following a public hearing continued from a hearing in April. At the April hearing, John Mello detailed he and fellow restaurateur Joe Sauro’s plans to reopen Gilda’s Stone Rooster as Stone Rooster, following the retirement of longtime founder and owner Gilda Downey. In April, Planning Board member and River Road resident...

Apr 21, 2021 John Mello appeared before the Marion Selectmen on April 21, in search of a liquor license for Gilda’s Stone Rooster. MARION — South Coast restaurateurs John Mello and Joe Sauro are looking to reopen the Stone Rooster, without Gilda. Gilda Downey opened Gilda’s Stone Rooster on Route 6 near the Wareham line in 1979 with her late husband Paul. The bar was known as a mecca for jazz music, and the shows Downey held at the spot landed her a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from the New Bedford Jazz Festival. Mello and Sauro recently purchased the bar from the now re...