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Select Board approves Tide and Flames’ liquor, victualer and entertainment licenses after neighbor noise concerns
Summary
Hull’s Select Board approved the transfer of an all-alcohol license and new common-victualer and entertainment licenses for Tide and Flames (145 Nantascet Ave) after hearing neighbor concerns about outdoor music and noise mitigation; the applicant agreed to share contact information with nearby residents and to follow the listed outside-music hours.
The Hull Select Board voted to approve the transfer of an all-alcohol license and to issue a new common‑victualer and entertainment license to Tide and Flames LLC, the company that plans to reopen the restaurant at 145 Nantascet Avenue.
The decision followed a public hearing in which the restaurant’s proposed manager, Brian, described plans to keep the existing restaurant concept—seafood with Vietnamese-influenced dishes—and to offer recorded or DJ music outside during limited hours. “I want to transfer the liquor license,” Brian said while outlining closing and opening steps and telling the board the closing on the property is scheduled for the end of the month.
Neighbors raised noise and hours concerns during the public comment period. “My suggestion would be to have music out there on the weekends like from 2 to 6,” said Pete Horsford, a nearby resident, who described previous disruptions at the location and asked for sound mitigation and a local contact. Several other residents said they could hear past outdoor music through closed windows and asked the board to limit outdoor live music and provide an enforcement path.
Board members pressed the applicant about hours and entertainment type; the applicant said there would be no outdoor karaoke and that outdoor music would end earlier than the patio closure time. The board’s motion to approve the liquor-license transfer, the common‑victualer license and the entertainment license carried with no recorded opposition.
The board and the restaurant agreed to practical measures residents requested: the applicant will provide a contact residents can use with noise complaints, and the entertainment plans described to the board limit amplified outdoor live music and specify sound mitigation on the patio. The applicant said he expects to complete the sale and be open in a little more than a month.
