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Mercer Hotel seek sidewalk alcohol service; committee presses DOT waiver and earlier closing
Summary
Owners of the Mercer Hotel asked the committee to support adding alcohol service to a DOT sidewalk cafe; committee members pressed for written confirmation of a DOT waiver to allow service from outside the designated perimeter and proposed an earlier 11 p.m. closing during roll‑out.
Owners of the Mercer Hotel and representatives from Scott Sardiano Steakhouse asked the committee to endorse a municipal alteration to add liquor service to a planned sidewalk cafe on Mercer Street.
The applicant—9s attorney, Max Bookman of Pizetsky & Bookman, said the team had obtained what he described as a DOT "waiver" that would allow servers to deliver drinks from outside the sidewalk perimeter; he said DOT would provide applicants its usual signed-off email when it completed its internal review. "We have obtained a waiver from DOT," Bookman told the committee, adding the firm…
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