{"id":775,"date":"2006-03-03T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2006-03-03T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/03\/the_problem_with_community_boards_too_or_making_the_east_village_oversaturated_with_boutiques_one_denied_liquor_license_at_a_time.html"},"modified":"2008-01-25T12:10:55","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T17:10:55","slug":"the_problem_wit_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/03\/the_problem_wit_2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Problem With Community Boards, Too, Or, Making The East Village Oversaturated With Boutiques, One Denied Liquor License At A Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

I understand your wanting to sleep, but where do you think I’m supposed to consume overpriced Euro-bistro fare in advance of vomiting absurdly marked-up bottles of wine in your gutter? You make it so hard to yobbo out in this town<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Neighborhood boos have nixed the booze at the European Union, a highly touted restaurant-pub slated to open later this month in the East Village.<\/p>\n

The State Liquor Authority — responding to noise, traffic and sanitation concerns of area residents — has denied filmmaker-restaurateur Bob Giraldi and his partner, Jason Hennings, a liquor license for the eatery at 235 E. 4th St.<\/p>\n

“We don’t have anything in particular against the establishment or the people involved, but Avenue B and East 4th Street are oversaturated with destination night spots,” said Susan Stetzer, district manager of Community Board 3.<\/p>\n

“On Fridays and Saturdays between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., there are hundreds of people on the street. People can’t sleep. There’s tremendous horn honking.”<\/p>\n

And, she added, “you can’t stand at the bus stop in the morning there’s so much vomit and garbage.”<\/p>\n

Stetzer pointed out that the European Union — which has already spent more than $1 million on renovations — is being touted for its architecture and its well-known chef, Gwenael Le Pape.<\/p>\n

“It’s designed to bring people into the area — and the area can’t accommodate one more person, one more cab or one more car,” she said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also: “Limits on Liquor Licenses Pinch Restaurant Owners,”<\/a> (Times, February 1, 2006).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I understand your wanting to sleep, but where do you think I’m supposed to consume overpriced Euro-bistro fare in advance of vomiting absurdly marked-up bottles of wine in your gutter? You make it so hard to yobbo out in this town: Neighborhood boos have nixed the booze at the European Union, a highly touted restaurant-pub […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-there_goes_the_neighborhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","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=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}