The new element here appears to be the proposed combination of a beer-wine license with a *full* entertainment license, including live performance, under the mistaken assertion (on their website) that they need it to play background music. A full entertainment license would be a first for that location. The owners' will have an opportunity to clarify at the neighborhood meeting.

It would seem obvious that the reason for delay is not that the city is "blocking" them unfairly from opening this summer, or that the licensing commission is "clueless" and overly indulgent to "cranks" (the three commission members, two of whom are lawyers, have been doing this for an average of ten years each) but that the owners have not yet prepared the ground with their future neighbors. They now have a chance to do so on July 13 and to adjust their proposal accordingly.