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guest0112 t1_iu4ltjr wrote

Reply to comment by JooseSpringsteen in Does anyone know the tea on The Cardinal in Canton? They were closed yesterday for the Ravens game. The entire staff quit?? by olegend789

Wow that’s awful. Just to be clear (bc I don’t live in canton anymore)… this is the “new ish” owner, right? Didn’t the cardinal tavern change hands a few years ago? Because the menu completely changed and they no longer do southern cooking/fried chicken platters and I thought someone told me it was new management or owners

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DfcukinLite t1_iu4vmbf wrote

She's the former part-owner of Mahaffey's. Dennis, the full owner is her exhusband.

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Shiny_Deleter t1_iu5myiq wrote

Eek, hadn’t heard much about her. I do know that I didn’t care for Mahaffey’s after Wayne sold it to her.

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JooseSpringsteen t1_iu4lyox wrote

Yes, that’s all correct.

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guest0112 t1_iu4m5yi wrote

Thanks. Just in case people who used to go there 3+ years ago are reading this. The entire menu and culinary focus had changed due to this new, maga idiot owner.

Kinda hope the old owners buy it back! Bring back those fried chicken platters!!!

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buuj214 t1_iu4pq9y wrote

Just to clarify, the good food owners sold it to a guy who changed the menu a few years ago. I went there in like, maybe 2019, and it was kind of asian-fusion-influenced food in a kind of southern-themed bar. That failed relatively quickly and one of the owners of Mahaffeys bought it. It was a quick improvement (not saying much) but I’m really disappointed to hear about all this. She was one of my favorite bartenders and helped me plan a surprise birthday party for my now wife upstairs at Mahaffeys. Gross.

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Grouchy_Skirt_9071 t1_iub1un6 wrote

That’s wildly inaccurate. Mr MaHaffey sold it directly to Alice and Dennis. When they divorced, Alice sold her portion to Dennis who has owned and operated it since then.

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buuj214 t1_iubsakw wrote

Cardinal tavern, bud. Note that this post and all of the comments are about cardinal tavern. Mahaffeys is only mentioned because Alice was an owner, before buying Cardinal.

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