http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertai...bar-owner-fuming/story-e6frg30l-1226345172130
IT'S bureaucratic nonsense that's enough to drive anyone to drink.
Plans to transform Albany Highway into a bustling cafe and small bar strip have been thrown into doubt after a popular new wine bar had its liquor licence knocked back.
New bar-cum-restaurant The Precinct is facing an uncertain future after the Director of Liquor Licensing twice refused to allow the venue to serve alcohol, despite a groundswell of support from the community and Victoria Park council.
Daniel Morris, who is known for running successful restaurants Little Creatures, Balthazar and Il Lido, opened the $1 million Victoria Park bar last month and has been operating it as a BYO restaurant while waiting for approval.
His first application was refused because the business failed to show enough community support for the new venture.
But after appealing the decision and offering to provide 80 letters of support, the bar was again refused a licence yesterday and will now have to wait three years before re-applying.
There is simply no reason for this decision. Bureaucracy at it's worst.
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/b...international-city-denied-20120316-1v9gq.html
The City of Fremantle's bid to extend a special licence that allowed the bustling tourist spot more relaxed drinking laws has been rejected by the state government.
Minister for Racing and Gaming Terry Waldron is expected to conduct a consultative review of the Liquor Licensing Act during the next term of government and the mechanisms were in place for a full debate to take place in Parliament, according to a spokesman for Mr Waldron.
Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt wrote to Mr Waldron in January requesting an extension to the special event licence that allowed restaurants to operate like European-style venues during the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, which was sponsored by WAtoday.com.au.
"It was such a success," Mr Pettitt said. "It saw people out in Fremantle in a low-risk drinking environment and was a huge success, so much so that we wanted the momentum from that [to] be available [for a] longer term."
He said the council will continue to lobby for the changes that could be applied to a greater spectrum of popular tourist precincts in Perth, including the city and Subiaco
Now waiting for Eagle87 to say I told you so !!!!!!
It is so frustrating. Anybody that has made the effort to support these small bars must wonder what is going on in the heads of the decision makers. They are relaxed, comfortable venues for people to enjoy a decent night out without all of the agro that one may get in a pub.
What is so difficult to understand ?
IT'S bureaucratic nonsense that's enough to drive anyone to drink.
Plans to transform Albany Highway into a bustling cafe and small bar strip have been thrown into doubt after a popular new wine bar had its liquor licence knocked back.
New bar-cum-restaurant The Precinct is facing an uncertain future after the Director of Liquor Licensing twice refused to allow the venue to serve alcohol, despite a groundswell of support from the community and Victoria Park council.
Daniel Morris, who is known for running successful restaurants Little Creatures, Balthazar and Il Lido, opened the $1 million Victoria Park bar last month and has been operating it as a BYO restaurant while waiting for approval.
His first application was refused because the business failed to show enough community support for the new venture.
But after appealing the decision and offering to provide 80 letters of support, the bar was again refused a licence yesterday and will now have to wait three years before re-applying.
There is simply no reason for this decision. Bureaucracy at it's worst.
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/b...international-city-denied-20120316-1v9gq.html
The City of Fremantle's bid to extend a special licence that allowed the bustling tourist spot more relaxed drinking laws has been rejected by the state government.
Minister for Racing and Gaming Terry Waldron is expected to conduct a consultative review of the Liquor Licensing Act during the next term of government and the mechanisms were in place for a full debate to take place in Parliament, according to a spokesman for Mr Waldron.
Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt wrote to Mr Waldron in January requesting an extension to the special event licence that allowed restaurants to operate like European-style venues during the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, which was sponsored by WAtoday.com.au.
"It was such a success," Mr Pettitt said. "It saw people out in Fremantle in a low-risk drinking environment and was a huge success, so much so that we wanted the momentum from that [to] be available [for a] longer term."
He said the council will continue to lobby for the changes that could be applied to a greater spectrum of popular tourist precincts in Perth, including the city and Subiaco
Now waiting for Eagle87 to say I told you so !!!!!!
It is so frustrating. Anybody that has made the effort to support these small bars must wonder what is going on in the heads of the decision makers. They are relaxed, comfortable venues for people to enjoy a decent night out without all of the agro that one may get in a pub.
What is so difficult to understand ?
), and that place was bloody fun. These folk are in the econimic doldrums (unemployment 25-30%?), yet they were all out in the streets partying (OK, Madrid marathon and Real Madrid knocking off Barcelona did help their mood!). There you can sit in a plaza looking over hundreds of years of history and have a nice meal and sangria for not much more (less?) than you pay (per head) for a sandwich and a coke in a sterile Perth shopping food court. And actually have fun.
