Bridgeport council hears liquor-license transfer and expansion plan for 101 E. Fourth St.; parking remains sticking point

Bridgeport Borough Council members heard a presentation and public questioning Thursday from Luigi Masatelli and his representative, Emilio Madrigal, on a proposed transfer of a liquor license and a planned expansion at 101 East Fourth Street (Dino’s Pizza & Pasta).

The council opened a transfer hearing and allowed Masatelli to testify about buying an available Montgomery County license after an earlier economic-development license did not proceed. “It’s just the same license,” Masatelli said, explaining he had completed PLCB (Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board) steps for an earlier application and was pursuing this transfer because that license was available.

Council and staff then discussed the related zoning and parking impacts of a separate development application that would add interior seating, a bar and outdoor dining, plus two apartments above the expansion. Emilio Madrigal, who presented the drawings, said the proposal would add about 59 indoor seats and 24 outdoor seats, two upstairs apartments and a modest…