A Lengthy Island city eliminated a ban on alcohol gross sales on its boardwalk, a rule that had been in place for the reason that Eighties.
However regardless of being in impact for over three many years, regulation enforcement didn’t prohibit eating places and bars alongside the two-mile boardwalk in Lengthy Seashore from making boozy gross sales.
Restaurant proprietor Nicolas Geeraerts seems to open a brand new area for the group to benefit from the laid-back surroundings in Lengthy Seashore.
“We’re not right here to host events [or] have a membership,” Geeraerts mentioned. “We’re right here for the group.”
One native bar situated in resort alongside the boardwalk has been promoting alcohol with out incident since 2009, in keeping with the town.
“They didn’t enable it for thus lengthy for a purpose,” native resident Mike Schiff advised NBC New York.
Daniel Derner works in a boardwalk ice cream store and says bringing extra alcohol to the boardwalk might trigger issues.
“I already cope with lots of people who come right here intoxicated, and it’s annoying,” Derner mentioned. “Some individuals don’t know how you can management themselves with alcohol, and Lengthy Seashore is a celebration city.”
Two years in the past, a huge occasion on a close-by seashore turned violent with one particular person shot.
A metropolis spokesman says alcohol will nonetheless be banned on the seashore and out of doors on the boardwalk. Drinks will solely be permitted in institutions with alcohol licenses.
Geeraerts, for one, expects no points on his finish.
“I believe the group will probably be more than happy with what we’re going to supply,” the enterprise proprietor mentioned. “It’s a particular view so you may solely make a particular place.”
