Port Restaurant Wins Some, Loses Some
After a 90-minute public hearing tonight, the Newport Beach City Council voted unanimously not to let the Port Restaurant extend its weekend closing time to 1 a.m. But the council did decide to let the restaurant add weekend lunch hours, and they are likely to decide down the road to allow the Heliotrope Avenue establishment to have some form of live entertainment.
Neighbors, employees, patrons and others testified at the hearing, mostly in support of owner Ali Zadeh’s attempts to extend his hours and add music.
But City Councilwoman Nancy Gardner, who represents Corona del Mar, said that as much as she admires Zadeh, a change to the permit for him will stay with the property.
“It will not necessarily be Ali running the place eventually,” she said. She also said that 1 a.m. was too late to close a restaurant in a residential area.
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[...] 1. The Port Restaurant and Bar won’t be able to stay open until 1 a.m., the city council decided at a public hearing this week. But they can serve lunch and might be able to have some live music. Read our stories here and here. [...]