Somerville licensing board meeting: Tenoch approved

[teko.livejournal.com]

I attended tonight's licensing board hearing; most of the proceedings were special alcohol permits for various parties and functions, but a few bits of local interest:
• The former Kindred will become a coffeeshop called Nine Bar Espresso. They were approved for their Recorded Entertainment permit (so they can play music from an iPod)
• Taco Party in Ball Square (the former Zing Wingz space) was approved as well.
• Tenoch's entertainment permit as well as their beer & wine licenses were approved. Both of their elderly next-door neighbors voiced their concerns about noise and rowdiness, but a representative of the Mayor's office was there to voice the city's support and to note that the community meeting last week had gone very well. The Board approved them with one member abstaining grumpily.

Comments

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

Well this all sucks to hear.
We don't need another coffee shop and I'm hoping the "Taco party" is something for children since we had those in elementary school.

And it's awful to hear that another business as well as the city couldn't care less about an elderly couple. Just when I think that there is no way Somerville could get any worse than it had, it does.

[teko.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you feel that way.

We don't need another coffee shop
Why not? Right now we have an excellent indie coffeeshop and several places that serve decent coffee (and a chain). The Kindred space has been essentially vacant for nearly two years. I'm totally OK with a business moving in there with another coffee option, especially if it's high quality. Hoping for the best.

I'm hoping the "Taco party" is something for children
It isn't. Taco Party is a very successful food truck that's opening their first brick-and-mortar, with a selection of creative, vegetarian tacos. You're against their business because you don't like their name? Because it has "party" in it? Really?

And it's awful to hear that another business as well as the city couldn't care less about an elderly couple.
I don't know where you got that idea, but you're bizarrely off-base. Two people spoke with concerns: an older man who's the landlord of the apartment building nearby and an older woman who owns the real estate business next to M3/Tenoch. Both of them were worried that there would be drunks and loud music, because they remembered rowdy crowds at an older restaurant there, over a decade ago. Tenoch assured them that they weren't planning on live music on a regular basis, and weren't running a bar; they agreed to work with both residents to make sure nobody was impacted, and agreed to adjust their hours if they were causing any problems.

I'm sorry if you're in a bad mood, but I think you need a taco party.

[keithn.livejournal.com]

When that's the type of mindset you are dealing with, I'm not sure how you are supposed to have an fruitful discussion about anything, unfortunately.