Owner of shuttered Bangor restaurant must repay $54K loan, judge rules

Owner of shuttered Bangor restaurant must repay $54K loan, judge rules

The owner of a shuttered Bangor restaurant must pay the prior owner for buying the business, a judge ruled. Briar Jipson bought the former Tesoro Italian Restaurant at 118 Harlow St. She opened Lavano’s in the space on July 12, 2024, and it closed about two months later. Prior owner Brian Pelletier sued Jipson in April because she failed to make the required monthly payments for two loans worth $54,000. She had signed two promissory notes as par…