July 23, 2019 Restaurant/Bar News
There’s some more news and a few updates from the July 10 meeting of CB1’s Licensing and Permits Committee:
DIG INN TURNED AWAY
The operators of the Dig Inn at 412 Greenwich came for a sidewalk cafe and a liquor license for it, but were turned away by the community board committee after neighbors complained about noise already coming from the fast casual restaurant. The applicant wanted two rows of tables — 14 seats — on the Greenwich Street side, but upstairs neighbors on the Laight Street side said the noise coming from the restaurant at 11p has them worried the same kind of care will be taken with the outside space.
Since CB1 has set up a stipulation that they could come back after a year after opening for the sidewalk cafe — and it’s only been nine months — they sent them off, with instructions to be better neighbors and reapply later this coming winter.
GALLO NERO AT 181 DUANE
The poster’s been up for months, and now the operators (VV & V Brothers) that have taken the lease at the former Max space have applied for a liquor license. the plan is for a full-service Italian restaurant that will have 50 seats plus 10 at the bar. Hours will be Sunday through Wednesday till 11, and Thursday through Saturday till midnight.
SKINOS MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE AT 123 WASHINGTON
This gargantuan restaurant (6,500 square feet) is designed to serve the W Hotel at Greenwich and Albany. It will take part of the first and second floor and will activate the terrace, which is part of the hotel’s public amenity. Service will run from 8a till midnight, and till 2 on Fridays and Saturdays. The outdoor seating, which runs along Carlisle, will close at 10p. Plan is to open in November.
NIGHTMARE AT 52 WALKER
Nextdoor neighbors of M1-5 came to vent about the “antisocial behavior” of the patrons of the club, which they say operates as a dayclub as much as a nightclub with regular rock concerts, dancing and a DJ. They have measured the sound with a meter, and it’s well above 100 decibels, they said. “They simply do not care they are in a residential neighborhood.” The committee will issue a resolution, sent to the SLA, that says the club is violating the stips that came with their license.
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