Request for Extra Liquor Licenses Changes Significantly
Braintree Mayor Joseph Sullivan's home rule petition for additional liquor licenses to spur small business development is before the Senate with alterations.
A bill before the state legislature that would give Braintree more liquor licenses was recently modified so that it no longer targets the permits to the Squares and Weymouth Landing and instead caps the size of eligible restaurants. Local officials say that the change, though not what was first envisioned by Mayor Joseph Sullivan, will not get in the way of the goal of spurring small business development. But the addition of two licenses to the initial proposal concerns some independent restaurant owners, who argue that Braintree already has a glut of chains and that the extras will dilute the value of their licenses. Sullivan's home rule petition originally allotted six licenses – two for each area targeted for development – with a goal …
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STeve Tahmosh
5:59 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
The revisions are great!. We need more small restaurants and fewer chains. more ›