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Applicant seeks full liquor license for 225 Essex Street; board urges zoning review and safety checks
Summary
A prospective operator told the Lawrence Licensing Board it wants a full liquor license and to use food prepared at neighboring Terra Luna; board members advised the applicant to seek zoning approval and said fire, police and inspection reviews would be required before a license could be issued.
An applicant seeking a full liquor license for a space at 225 Essex Street told the Lawrence Licensing Board on Sept. 24 that the business would share a short hallway and planned to bring food from the neighboring restaurant Terra Luna rather than build a separate kitchen.
The applicant said, “we wanna apply for a legal license, a full legal license,” and asked if the board would entertain issuing a second license in the same building while noting “the only thing that divide us is a small hallway.” The applicant also asked whether food could be prepared at Terra Luna’s kitchen and brought across the hallway into the proposed service area.
The board’s enforcement staff and members…
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