Community board seeks on‑site ADA bathroom before Atlantico Bineo serves alcohol, asks outdoor closing at 10 p.m.

Manhattan Community Board 2’s State Liquor Authority (SLA) committee pressed Atlantico Bineo, a tavern wine license applicant at 89 Seventh Avenue South, to install an on‑site, ADA‑compliant bathroom before serving alcohol and asked the applicant to limit outdoor seating hours to 10 p.m.

Why it matters: Committee members and many neighbors said the proposal’s existing restroom arrangement — which required patrons to use a bathroom located off the premises in a residential entry and cellar — creates public‑safety and accessibility concerns and could jeopardize compliance with SLA and city licensing rules.

Calum Dilsons, the attorney representing the applicant, told the committee the application had been revised since the prior submission and that the latest plans show an ADA bathroom inside the premises. He said a temporary retail permit had been issued by the SLA and that plans for the bathroom and any roadway or DOT approvals would be submitted to the relevant city agencies, including Landmarks and DOT. Roberto, identified in the meeting as the restaurant’s director of operations for New York, confirmed the location change in the packet sent to the committee.

Committee members and public speakers pressed for specific milestones and timing. One committee member said she wanted a diagram that showed the interior seating rather than relying on the questionnaire; Dilsons said the architectural rendering initially omitted seats but that the applicants would provide an updated diagram. The applicants estimated roughly a month and a half for bathroom construction once DOB and Landmarks approvals were secured.

Neighborhood residents urged stricter conditions. Nancy Paisley, a Barrow Street resident, told the committee the off‑site restroom originally proposed required patrons to walk “out the door, down the steps, down the street, around the corner, into the other building, through the residential corridor, down the basement,” and said she would ask the committee to recommend denial until a bathroom was in place. Multiple speakers insisted that outdoor seating should close at 10 p.m.; one resident noted that nearby outdoor dining typically ends earlier and urged parity.

Committee disposition: During discussion near the end of the public testimony, the committee chair, Donna (CB2 SLA committee chair), said she was “hearing somewhat of a consensus about the getting the bathroom situation solved and until then, not having the alcohol service.” Members also signaled willingness to ask applicants to stipulate that outdoor seating will close at 10 p.m. and that alcohol service will not resume until the on‑site, ADA‑compliant bathroom is completed and approved by the relevant agencies.

What’s next: The applicants agreed to return with updated plans and to take the committee’s concerns to ownership. The committee indicated it would address final hours and stipulations during its business session and communicate any required stipulations to the SLA. No formal vote was recorded in the public transcript excerpt; committee staff said they would follow up in the business session and send stipulation forms to the applicant.

Provenance: The application and the committee’s discussion begin when the applicant was introduced to the committee (transcript excerpt: "a b seventh Avenue LLC doing business at Atlantico Bineo. 89 Seventh Avenue South. This is a tavern wine license.") and the committee’s consensus language appears later in the meeting when the chair summarized next steps (transcript excerpt: "I'm hearing somewhat of a consensus about the getting the bathroom situation solved and until then, not having the alcohol service.").