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Article: JEFF HALE, 36; HIS DAVIS SQUARE CAFE OFFERED OFFBEAT FLAIR WITH SIPS OF JAVA
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Jeff Hale's friends describe his old digs, Davis Square's Someday
Cafe, as an allegory for his life. "Surviving in spite of it all,"
said his longtime friend and former roommate Scott Bowden. "That was
Jeff."
A mix of grunge music and Mr. Hale's infectious guffaw were main
attractions for a ragtag bunch of regulars who squeezed among its six
tables to imbibe their morning jolt.
They were undeterred by the cafe's plastic-tarp makeshift window
on the side, an air-conditioner dripping like the percolator, and
visible sparks and dust flying below the battered floorboards during
the renovation of the Somerville Theater, which is next door.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hale's friends, somber and ...