The Union Leader Landmark eatery, Post Office Fruit, closesThe Union Leader, NHBy DENIS PAISTE MANCHESTER – Downtown landmark Post Office Fruit, a luncheonette whose heyday was in an earlier era when the Manchester Union Leader was the dominant presence on Amherst Street, has closed and its owners have put the building …
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