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Son to Take Over Same Old Place
Eric Ciampa will take over the longstanding JP restaurant after the death of his father, Fred Ciampa.
Same Old Place will be getting a change. Pending some paperwork with the city, Eric Ciampa will take over management duties at Same Old Place, a 40-year pizza-and-sub institution in Jamaica Plain. Fred Ciampa, the restaurant’s founding owner, died last July at age 69. Eric Ciampa opened Hyde Square’s Slice O’ Pie restaurant in February 2011, but the shop closed abruptly in June 2012. Ciampa had trouble with the city over its licenses early in the year, but the JPNC affirmed Ciampa’s licenses in May 2012. The shop closed one week later, due ultimately to a “spat with the landlord,” a source says. Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council member Michael Reiskind said at a Jan. 29 meeting that a city board has to be notified of any management change…
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Carol J. Thompson
2:41 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
It's a shame Same Old Place decided not to open for breakfast anymore. We had a small group of folks that ate breakfast there every morning for years, a lot of years. It is not the Same Old Place anymore. more ›