Beloved Beacon Hill Restaurant, Building For Sale For $4 Million

BEACON HILL, MA — After more than a quarter century, the chef and owner of The Hungry I, the beloved Beacon Hill restaurant known for its intimate romancing ambiance, is selling his restaurant.

The Hungry I on Charles Street together with three apartments is going for about $4 million, including the restaurant's liquor license and entertainment license. It was listed on Realtor.com on May 30.

Peter Ballarin comes from a long line of bakers tracing back into the foothills of the Italian Dolomites, according to the Hungry I restaurant.

Ballarin grew up working in his father’s Massachusetts bakery before going to the Culinary Institute and then coming back to open The Hungry I more than 25 years ago in the Beacon Hill brownstone.

Ballarin was not able to immediately return request for comment but stay tuned for more on that. Here's a YouTube video he put on his website in 2009 explaining his charming spot:

And check out out what the realtor had to say about it:

• Address: 71 Charles St, Boston, Massachusetts
• Price: $3,950,000
• Square Feet: 2,950
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 3 Full and 2 Half Baths
• Built: 1899
• Features: A rare offering of a commercial-residential building in a prime location of Beacon Hill ripe for development potential. Known as one of the most romantic restaurants in Boston, the 49-seat venue is tucked into the parlor and garden levels and spills out into the secluded private patio. Both the full transferable liquor license and entertainment license are part of the sale. The restaurant has separate HVAC and utilities. Above the restaurant are three floor through one-bedroom apartments, the first featuring floor to ceiling plantation windows overlooking Charles Street. The upper units are ready for renovations and all have gas cooking and electric heat.

This listing originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here.