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Commissioners renew The Undefeated and Waterfront Hotel licenses, order 60‑day monitoring of capacity and noise
Summary
Facing neighborhood protests over capacity, music hours and structure-borne vibration, the board renewed licenses for The Undefeated (1704 Thames) and the Waterfront Hotel (1710 Thames) but ordered inspectors to monitor capacity, music hours, an employee door, food‑sales accounting and perform sound measurements over the next 60 days.
The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City on April 17 approved renewals for two adjacent Thames Street establishments — The Undefeated, 1704 Thames Street, and the Waterfront Hotel, 1710 Thames Street — while directing a 60‑day monitoring period and setting conditions to address neighborhood complaints about capacity, outdoor music hours and building vibrations.
The protests came from the Fells Point Residents Association (FPRA), represented by Amy Petkosik of the Community Law Center, and individual residents who said The Undefeated’s courtyard sometimes exceeded agreed capacity, hosted amplified music outside the hours set in its memorandum of understanding (MOU), and allowed patrons to move between the neighboring Waterfront Hotel and the courtyard through an employee-only door. FPRA members also raised concerns that the Waterfront’s second-floor live-entertainment space produced low-frequency vibrations that carried into nearby homes.
Corinne Scheitler, a member of FPRA who lives behind the properties, testified she…
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