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Closing Day at Maria’s Pastry Shop [Photos]

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After fifty years in business, Maria Merola has decided to retire and close Maria’s Pastry Shop at 46 Cross Street in the North End. On the shop’s last day in business, photographer Gerri Palladino stopped by to take some final photos of one of the staple pastry shops in the neighborhood.

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Friends of the North End Library Visit Maria’s Pastry Shop on Closing Day

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