Massachusetts Closes Nantucket Restaurant for Failure to Pay Taxes
The Brotherhood of Thieves restaurant, a Nantucket landmark, was shuttered by state officials yesterday for failure to pay back taxes. "We slapped a big orange sticker on the door saying it was seized," said Tim Connolly of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue yesterday afternoon. Connolly said two tax examiners and a state trooper arrived at the establishment yesterday morning and changed the locks on the doors. He said the business owed the state a total of $64,613 in meals taxes, sales taxes, and corporate taxes dating back to 2000.