Bar owners can raise a toast to the Boston Licensing Board
By adamg - Fri, 05/22/2009 - 11:11am.
The Herald reports the board headed by alleged Wilkerson best bud Daniel Pokaski seems not to have ever met a bar it didn't like - no matter how many times the police show up with evidence of major issues:
The Roxy racked up a whopping 67 violations since January 2005, at least a dozen of which were broomed without a hearing. In only two instances did the popular downtown club receive suspensions, one for three days. Even during its one-month closure, the club was allowed to cash in by hosting private parties.
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Didnt the Roxy have its
Didnt the Roxy have its capacity permanently lowered by 300 or so?
That seems like a pretty big penalty.
not anymore
they had it increased and boast of having over 1000 people there on Saturday nights.
Boston Police licensed premises unit
The truth is that the BPD licensed premises unit writes a bar up every time they get a call for a fight.
You have a large, young, hormone fueled crowd like the Roxy, there are going to be fights. It does not necessarily mean the Roxy is at fault.