Chef, builder create function room in historic Blackburn Building

The Blackburn Room at Tonno, which expands the space of the downtown restaurant, was designed with the idea of preserving the historic nature of the building in which it is housed.

Drew Hale, founder of Gloucester-based Hale Design Build, said this project marked another chapter in a long partnership between the two local businesses.

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