Article: WILSON STREET GRILL TO GET $500,000 PAYMENT THE RESTAURANT WILL OPERATE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND WON'T RELOCATE AFTER HAMILTON PLACE IS DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED BY A COURTHOUSE.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

Byline: Lesley Rogers Barrett County reporter

It was a bittersweet victory for Madison's Wilson Street Grill.

After hours of debate and public testimony, the Dane County Board late Thursday voted, 26 to 11, to give $500,000 to the owners of Wilson Street Grill, which is losing its home to a new county courthouse.

The restaurant, 217 S. Hamilton St., is a tenant in Hamilton Place, which will be demolished next year to make way for the $44 million, 216,000-square-foot courthouse.

"I'm very relieved," said Nancy Christy, who co-owns and operates the Grill. "I feel that we've been treated fairly. I'm grateful for that."

Christy ...

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