Owner: $40,000 needed to improve former Boloney's Sandwich Shop

  • Tim O'Connor, owner of the Catlow Theater and the adjacent Showtime Eatery in downtown Barrington, and his wife, Laura, hope to raise $40,000 through online crowdfunding to help pay for improvements. Here they are outside Showtime, which has a new awning.

      Tim O'Connor, owner of the Catlow Theater and the adjacent Showtime Eatery in downtown Barrington, and his wife, Laura, hope to raise $40,000 through online crowdfunding to help pay for improvements. Here they are outside Showtime, which has a new awning. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

  • Tim O'Connor, owner of the Catlow Theater and the adjacent Showtime Eatery in downtown Barrington, and wife Laura hope to raise $40,000 in online contributions to help pay for restaurant improvements.

      Tim O'Connor, owner of the Catlow Theater and the adjacent Showtime Eatery in downtown Barrington, and wife Laura hope to raise $40,000 in online contributions to help pay for restaurant improvements. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

  • An online fundraising campaign similar to what the Catlow Theater in downtown Barrington successfully used for a new digital projector about five years ago has returned in an effort to renovate an adjacent restaurant, Showtime Eatery.

      An online fundraising campaign similar to what the Catlow Theater in downtown Barrington successfully used for a new digital projector about five years ago has returned in an effort to renovate an adjacent restaurant, Showtime Eatery. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

  • Tim O'Connor, owner of the Catlow Theater and the adjacent Showtime Eatery in downtown Barrington, and wife Laura are trying to raise $40,000 in online contributions to help pay for restaurant improvements.

      Tim O'Connor, owner of the Catlow Theater and the adjacent Showtime Eatery in downtown Barrington, and wife Laura are trying to raise $40,000 in online contributions to help pay for restaurant improvements. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

  • Tim O'Connor and his wife, Laura, inside the Catlow Theater in downtown Barrington.

      Tim O'Connor and his wife, Laura, inside the Catlow Theater in downtown Barrington. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

 
Bob Susnjara
 
 
Updated 12/4/2017 12:29 PM

Five years after an online fundraising campaign brought a new digital projector to the Catlow Theater in downtown Barrington, a similar effort has been launched to renovate an adjacent restaurant.

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