Select Board Approves Lalo's Restaurant Liquor License
Southborough Select Board approved a liquor license for Lalo's Mexican Kitchen Bar and Grill and warned the fiscal 2027 budget gap has nearly doubled to $1.9 million.
Select Board · Meeting of January 6, 2026
Southborough Select Board approved a liquor license for Lalo's Mexican Kitchen Bar and Grill and warned the fiscal 2027 budget gap has nearly doubled to $1.9 million. Attorney Christopher Flood told the board the owners, Vanessa Seja and Gerardo Guzman, already run two other Lalo's locations in Hudson and Marlborough. The board also approved a National Grid utility pole on Lovers Lane and corrected an 85-cent ARPA accounting error, adjusting a trail-upgrade fund to $97,803.81 and a fire equipment fund to $32,340.09.
A town budget presenter, identified only as Brian, said capital requests have climbed to nearly $2.8 million and called the deficit "about double what you're seeing right on that page there." The board voted 5-0 by roll call to enter executive session on union bargaining strategy, and agreed to add library and IT budget reviews to its Jan. 24 session.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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