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It common knowledge that liquor licenses take months or years to obtain, if they can be had at all. The owners of this new business are stunning in their naivetee.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 8:25 AM

8:25 I have to agree.

Whats more shocking is that the N Y Times would go ahead and do a whole article on one couple's plight to get a liquor license. This smells of an opportunistic p/r campaign to me. I'd guess that this couple, or friends, or neighbors, tipped the story to the Times. Once again, the Times found yet another reason to do a story on a gentrifying part of Brooklyn that shows up in their real estate pages.

Yuppies find difficulty getting aliquor license on a street already -littered- with alcohol establishments.

Go figure.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 9:04 AM

You people need to have a drink.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 9:21 AM

A 29 year old yuppie from out of state is shocked - SHOCKED - to find that he cannot easily and quicly obtain a license to sell liquor? What is this world coming to?!

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 9:49 AM

Thanks for lining up the right edge of the links with the satellite dish.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 9:51 AM

This site is becoming a venue for cranky reactionaries. Why all the venom, and glee? Sheesh.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 9:53 AM

seriously 9:53, i guess they're just jealous that they're not 29 anymore and only TALKED about the cool bar they wanted to open. stuck in the cubicle....

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 10:14 AM

10:14

Actually, I'm a bar owner. Someone who has been through the bull shit of getting a license. With my place it took about 6-7 months start to finish. I think I did well.

This is about entitlement. I notice this city filling up with people who think they ~deserve~ everything they desire.

ps: before I get accused of being jealous, my bar is in another neighborhood so no competition here. I wish this guy the best. But c'mon, a NY Times story?

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 10:32 AM

Probably a friend of the reporter. That's how these stories get done. It's all about the connections you have.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 11:02 AM

I bet you a little grease could shorten that waiting time. Perhaps the State Liquor Authority is due for a little investigation.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 11:41 AM

People, settle down. Yeah, it's an NY Times story, but it's in the City Section, for cryin' out loud! That's the "Bumfuck Bugle" section of the Sunday paper. Please don't accord it the same esteem or respect as the real news sections of the paper.

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 12:16 PM

Please, I'm all for community input into new alcohol places, but the community board approved this in JULY - and while there are laws about alcohol licenses, I for one (and I'm a lawyer) cannot fathom why it should take months for the state to approve a liquor license. Our tax dollars are paying for agencies to enforce regulations and issue licenses, and I for one would like to see them operate more efficiently. There is no reason to make opening new businesses, which is good for our neighborhoods and city, so difficult.

Come on, we all eat out and drink, and rely on people to be able to operate the business we want to patronize.

And, before anyone starts, this is not my area of practice, I don't have any connection to the restaurant owners, and I don't live in that part of the 'hood, so am not likely to be a patron...

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 2:36 PM

Something to replace the MetroCard...hmmm
Chips under our skins...why don't they leave a good thing alone.

~Maria

Posted by: guest at January 28, 2008 4:26 PM