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"Once a bustling downtown spot on Metcalfe Street, I was disappointed to learn Dominion Square Tavern entered bankruptcy on June 20, with a creditors' meeting scheduled for July 8; owners Alexandre Wolosianski and Alexandre Baldwin later confirmed the bar would not be reopening, citing lease negotiations, the pandemic, and nearby construction. The long-temporarily-closed restaurant—whose website still described it as closed for the pandemic—has a full voicemail and no social updates since December 2020 (when it was advertising holiday-basket pre-orders). Opened in 2009, the downtown staple was beloved for old-school cocktails, upscale English pub grub and French bistro fare, a vintage feel, and its gorgeous interior housed in a former tavern dating back to the Roaring Twenties." - Valerie Silva