{"id":1241,"date":"2006-06-30T10:04:41","date_gmt":"2006-06-30T18:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/06\/faced_with_the_alternative_i_think_we_can_afford_to_be_a_little_pragmatic_here.html"},"modified":"2008-01-25T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T15:57:18","slug":"faced_with_the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/06\/faced_with_the.html","title":{"rendered":"Faced With The Alternative, I Think We Can Afford To Be A Little Pragmatic Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Villager reports that some East Village residents seem to be deciding that a gastropub may be better than a methadone clinic after all<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Some members of the E. Fourth St. A-B Block Association have shifted their opinion on a beer and wine license for the European Union restaurant, a turn of events that may allow the restaurant to sell alcohol after all.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to see something work out,” said Frank Macken, the block association president, who previously opposed a liquor license for E.U. “It could be a model for the kind of restaurant we’d like to have in our neighborhood.”<\/p>\n

E.U., at 235 E. Fourth St. has been closed since the week of May 14. The State Liquor Authority denied its request for a liquor license in early March, citing a rule that makes it harder to obtain a liquor-license in an area where there are three within 500 feet of each other. The S.L.A. also cited opposition from Community Board 3 in its decision.<\/p>\n

Restaurant owner Bob Giraldi said he closed the restaurant because it was unprofitable to operate without alcohol.<\/p>\n

But after a block association meeting on June 22 attended by Giraldi and his wife, Patti Greaney, both parties said they were looking for a compromise that might allow E.U. to obtain a beer and wine license, which is more limiting than a liquor license.<\/p>\n

A June 8 meeting between Giraldi and the block association was tense, attendees said, but the meeting last week was far more civilized.<\/p>\n

“I thought it was very fair,” Greaney said of last week’s meeting. “I thought both sides were able to voice their opinions.”<\/p>\n

Opinions on the block are split “about 50-50,” Macken said. “Some are adamantly opposed, some are more pragmatic.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Backstory: My Fist, Your Gastropub<\/a>; Make Way For The Methadone Clinic!<\/a>;
\nThe Problem With Community Boards, Too, Or, Making The East Village Oversaturated With Boutiques, One Denied Liquor License At A Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Villager reports that some East Village residents seem to be deciding that a gastropub may be better than a methadone clinic after all: Some members of the E. Fourth St. A-B Block Association have shifted their opinion on a beer and wine license for the European Union restaurant, a turn of events that may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manhattan","category-there_goes_the_neighborhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}