Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley calls for examination of alcohol licenses and how attaining them economically affect businesses.
There is a cap on how many alcohol licenses are allowed in Boston, and sometimes restaurants wait months for a license to become available. Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley feels the system is antiquated, and hurts the economic viability of Boston's main streets. "I'm not talking about turning main streets into Bourbon Street. I'm talking about fostering small local environments for a nice glass of wine to celebrate a birthday or a graduation. We need libraries and supermarkets, but we also need quality places for people to socialize in all neighborhoods," said Pressley, who wants to lift the cap on alcohol licenses permitted in the city. There are several types of alcohol licenses, including one-day special licenses, but Pressley's…
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BackBayRes
9:01 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2012
Yes, there are enough all alcohol licenses in the Back Bay/Beacon Hill. It might be good to have more wine and beer licenses for restaurants the serve the neighborhood, but we have enough (90 - wow) all alcohol licenses. If we want to reduce the price of licenses, stop allowing them to be transferred -- require that when a license holder goes out of business, the license has to return it to the … more ›