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  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007

    Best of Best

    The ballots have been cast and counted, and this week The Current announces the winners of the Best of Best competition. The businesses in this section received the most votes from readers who picked their favorites at ballot boxes at businesses throughout Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland. The Current, along with the South Portland-Cape […]

  • Wednesday, March 12, 2008

    Businesses say town ordinances won't allow expansions

    For 40 years, Rudy’s of the Cape has been the place for locals and out-of-towners alike to grab a sandwich, a “lobstah” roll or a bowl of chowder, and discuss the news of the town and the world. Taken over by Ron and Mary Page in 2003, the Ocean House Road eatery has maintained its […]

  • Wednesday, March 26, 2008

    Rudy's bar plan riles Cape neighbors

    Neighbors fear that bucolic Cape Elizabeth could become a bar-crazed Old Port if a popular local eatery is allowed to begin serving alcohol. Nothing could be further from the truth, says Mary Page, owner of Rudy’s of the Cape. But that hasn’t kept neighbors from predicting “noisy, rowdy and sometimes dangerous” patrons, plummeting property values […]

  • Wednesday, March 26, 2008

    Rudy's bar plan riles Cape neighbors

    Neighbors fear that bucolic Cape Elizabeth could become a bar-crazed Old Port if a popular local eatery is allowed to begin serving alcohol. Nothing could be further from the truth, says Mary Page, owner of Rudy’s of the Cape. But that hasn’t kept neighbors from predicting “noisy, rowdy and sometimes dangerous” patrons, plummeting property values […]

  • Wednesday, March 26, 2008

    Rudy's bar plan riles Cape neighbors

    Neighbors fear that bucolic Cape Elizabeth could become a bar-crazed Old Port if a popular local eatery is allowed to begin serving alcohol. Nothing could be further from the truth, says Mary Page, owner of Rudy’s of the Cape. But that hasn’t kept neighbors from predicting “noisy, rowdy and sometimes dangerous” patrons, plummeting property values […]

  • Wednesday, April 9, 2008

    Karen's Corner

    It’s hard not to smile. What I came for is right there, to my left – coffee. But there’s more to smile about. Rudy’s of the Cape is not one of those places where you can just slide in unnoticed. Everyone is greeted, either by name or a more generic “honey. Either way, both patrons […]

  • Wednesday, April 16, 2008

    Cape business expansions focus of forum

    The Planning Board was to begin taking public comments Thursday on proposed zoning changes that would allow some currently non-conforming businesses to expand. The changes would affect the business districts located on Shore Road and Ocean House Road, between Broad Cove Road and Kettle Cove Road. Most, if not all, of the businesses in that […]

  • Wednesday, April 16, 2008

    Proposed bar rules rekindle Rudy's firestorm

    Cape Elizabeth residents don’t like bars, and they really don’t like living near them, about 10 residents told the Town Council Monday. The residents spoke out in response to an ordinance proposed by council Chairman Mary Ann Lynch that would regulate the hours of operation, capacity and location of bars and taverns in Cape Elizabeth. […]

  • Wednesday, April 23, 2008

    Residents favor small businesses, but not bars

    In three back-to-back late-night meetings last week, Cape Elizabeth residents made very clear that while they love neighborhood coffee shops and eateries, they do not want bars in their two tiny neighborhood business zones. On Monday, April 14, the Town Council heard again from residents opposed to Rudy’s of the Cape owner Mary Page operating […]

  • Wednesday, May 28, 2008

    Cape moves slowly on zoning changes

    The Cape Elizabeth Planning Board will take its time reviewing a controversial zoning change that would allow businesses like Rudy’s of the Cape to expand. The proposed change would reduce the required setback for businesses in the town’s Business A zone from 250 feet from wetlands to only 100 feet from wetlands. Most, if not […]