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Neighbors press committee over Brown & Gibbs tavern near school; panel recommends renewal with 20‑day suspension
Summary
After hours of resident testimony about loitering, public drinking and safety near a long‑standing school and mosque, the Licenses Committee voted to recommend renewing the tavern license but to send a findings report to the Common Council that includes a 20‑day suspension and required neighborhood engagement and security steps.
Alderman Joe Castas Amaripa’s Licenses Committee recommended renewing the tavern license for Brown & Gibbs Sports Bar but forwarded a findings report to the Milwaukee Common Council that includes a recommended 20‑day suspension, following extensive neighborhood opposition.
The hearing drew a long line of neighbors, school and mosque representatives who said the business, at 1182 E. Lincoln Avenue, draws chronic loitering and public drinking that has harmed the area around Clara Mohammed School and an adjacent mosque. Residents described repeated incidents of public intoxication, discarded bottles and trash, and episodes they said exposed children to unsafe behavior.
“Children walk past that building every day,” said Imam R. Mohammed, a neighborhood leader.…
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