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

[vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com]

Thank for the update and information

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

Was it the older gentleman that was grumpy?

[ron_newman]

Thanks. Did Tenoch get approved for live entertainment as well as recorded music? (At last week's meeting, they said they would have a mariachi band only for special occasions, mostly in September.)

[keithn.livejournal.com]

This is excellent news, thanks for the update. I'll keep my thoughts about the elderly neighbors to myself.

Does anyone know how soon Tenoch is likely to open? Did they mention anything in the info meeting?

[ron_newman]

Is Taco Party getting an alcohol license also, or just a common victualer's license?

[katherine fiorello (from livejournal.com)]

Yay! This is really great news! Thanks for reporting the info from the meeting!

[wintahill.livejournal.com]

Excellent news. Bring on the Tortas and the Mariachi bands. :-)

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

Those sandwiches are so good. I love their food truck and it's great they'll be in Davis year-round. SO GOOD. Did I mention delicious?

[lizforalderman.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update!

Elizabeth

[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.