The Old York Tea Room opened back in February 2023 in one of the oldest buildings in York in Our Lady's Row in Goodramgate.
Run by Tony and Thomas Vickers, the pair transformed what was a former candle shop into an inviting tea room with space for 14 customers on the first floor.
A lack of planning permission for the sign painted on the front of the building led to a retrospective application being submitted to and denied by City of York Council.
The business took it to an appeal which it lost and they now they are removing it.
The Ghost of William Etty (GWE) - a group formed back in the 1990s to help save York stone pavements from being pulled up in city streets - originally objected to the sign saying it was vandalism of a Grade 1 listed building.
Gordon Campbell-Thomas project coordinator from GWE said: "It’s been a long road, I personally have been vilified on social media and threatened with violence by people who disagreed with the stance we were taking, but I’m pleased that sanity has prevailed."
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