A welcome twist of fate befell the crew at Burlington burrito joint Boloco today when a man walked in holding the sign that had been stolen from outside the store last February.

Will McDunnah was moving into a new sublet apartment when, he says, he found the double-sided sign at the back of a closet. Today he returned it to a delighted staff, who awarded him with a gift card loaded up with free burritos.

When asked who might have stolen the sign, New England area manager Andy Barker says, “We didn’t want to sleuth. As an organization, we believe in good karma.”

This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2011.

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Corin Hirsch was a Seven Days food writer 2011 through 2016. She was also a dining critic and drinks columnist at Newsday from 2017 to 2022, and contributes to The Guardian, Wine Enthusiast and other publications. She’s spoken often on colonial era...