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Police Bust Up Restoration Hardware Opening Party
RH celebration gets shut down after exceeding occupancy limit.
Restoration Hardware's fancy grand opening party ended in a bust Wednesday night after police had to shut it down due to overcrowding. Reports estimate that upward of 2,400 people showed up at the 234 Berkeley St. store, which has a temporary occupancy permit of 2,000. Inside, guests were squeezed into what the Boston Herald described as a room so crowded that waiters needed guides to clear their paths and people waited in single-file lines to go up and down stairs. The party was supposed to last until 8:30 p.m. but was still going strong when police showed up at 8:20 p.m. and asked British singer Edei to stop performing. Restoration Hardware offered departing guests a discount on their next purchase, the Herald reported.
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Brittany
9:05 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
I was at this "party" for all of about 30 minutes before I had to leave because it was so obnoxiously crowded. My husband and I couldn't move, we were not able to get any food or cocktails, and never made it past the first floor because the lines were so crazy. While I was excited to be invited (I guess not that hard of an invite to snag) I would have rather they kept the guest list smaller and … more ›