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LOWELL - The Gilmore Collection will soon be opening its 15th restaurant and this one will serve customers on a scenic site near downtown Lowell.
The Gilmores - owners of The BOB, Rose's and The Kirby House, just to name a few of the family's holdings are doing what they are well-known for: restoring an old building.
This time they're reviving a 97-year-old brick building along the Grand River near the Lowell Showboat.
The address of the restaurant will also be its name: 201 East Main.
"It's an outstanding location and we'll have a nice patio right there on the river," said Gregory Gilmore, president of The Gilmore Collection.
The building has been vacant for a while; its last occupant was a coffeehouse.
The structure has two stories and a basement that total 10,500 square feet. The restaurant will fill the ground floor and the Gilmores plan to lease loft office space on the second level.
Gilmore said 201 East Main will seat about 80 diners, while the patio...