It's your business :Banquet center open at old tavern in Danville

An old building in Danville has been transformed into a new banquet center, but the owners have kept the wood floors and high tin ceilings in the new, traditional-style decor.

Called Vermilion Place, the banquet center at 14 N. Hazel St. last housed The Big Barrel tavern.

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