It has been tough enough for Maestro SVP founder-owner Ilene Polansky over the last few weeks after announcing her seafood restaurant on St-Laurent Blvd. will be closing in March because of, among other reasons, failing business on the Main. But matters got even worse and personal last week when someone scrawled a virulent antisemitic slur on the Maestro SVP window.

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This odious sketch and message was scribbled on top of her sign saying that a sale of the restaurant’s equipment would take place after its closure in the........

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