2 Responses to “No Live Music or Late Closing for Port Restaurant”
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Mike
September 21st, 2009
I live close by to Port and frequent the restaurant and bar now and then. I am extremely dissapointed with the commission’s decision. There were blatent LIES & false allegations made from some of my neighbors, during the course of this case, for instance someone said that they heard a couple having sex outside or on somebody’s lawn, WTH? the people that go there are respectable ADULTS, professional working people from all types of businesses, I am guessing the average age has to be around 35, this is not a university hang-out for 20 year olds. People go there to unwind, meet friends, eat food, have a drink, laugh, make new friends, obviously not something that some of my neighbors are interested in doing. Urinating outside and fights? and you have proof and know for a fact that the people doing this came from Port? To make up stories like this is ridiculous and ILL-HEARTED, this is an insult to me and the people that go there. You can tell that whoever made up these falsehoods never visited Port or spoke with the owner about any issues they had. Also some of the staff are trying to make a living by working there, why would you want to take money away from honest people trying to earn a living, especially during poor economic times. We should be supporting our local businesses not trying to close them down. Parking concerns if the Port theater reopens? What? you don't businesses to survive in CDM, tax money coming in to pay your salaries, this is not logical! I am ceo for a well known high tech company, and I am now going to take action and start by finding out who is on the planning commission, how they were elected, what they are being paid, something stinks here!
CORONA DEL MAR TODAY » Port Restaurant Goes To City Council
November 10th, 2009
[...] The commission made its unanimous decision at its Sept. 17 meeting, denying Port owner Ali Zadeh’s request to stay open an extra hour until 1 a.m., to have lunch hours and to have live music. While a crowd of supporters testified that The Port was a high-end establishment with a neighborhood vibe, others testified that the restaurant was trying to become a nightclub, and its patrons were guilty of being noisy and worse when they left the Heliotrope Avenue location. Read our story about that hearing here. [...]
