The city, though, cannot pass along the name Tavern on the Green, which is owned by the LeRoy family. The LeRoys also own a Tavern on the Green in Florida and plan to open another in San Francisco.
The storied restaurant, originally a sheep shed and built in 1870, attracts more than a half million patrons a year.
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