Allston-Brighton
Allston-Brighton Volume 6, Number 3 January 16, 1992 © 1992 Brighton Messenger Publishing Corp. 50¢ - That's not entertainment The beat goes on in the community to oppose an entertainment license for a North Beacon St.· nightclub By Linda Rosencrance Community activists, residents and politicians have joined forces to persuade the city not to issue an entertainment license to Yerevan, Ltd., Inc., owners of a North Beacon Street nightclub because, they say, doing so would exacer bate already horrendous traffic and parking problems in the area. Residents also contend that entertainment at the site would greatly increase the level of noise in the neighbor hood. They also maintain that the owners of Cazablanca, 200 North Beacon Street, have already been cited by police-on Nov. 29 and Dec. 31, for violating the city's licensing ordinances by allegedly operating entertainment (a disc jockey) without a 1991 license. According to police documents Station 14 officers did cite Yerevan, Ltd., Inc. - on those dates - for operating entertainment without a 1991 license. However, on each occasion Alexan Kavlakian, a principal in the corporation, told police that the entertainment was being provided for a "private party." But, police records also indicated that on Dec. 31, an "1J'1right sign" located at the front door stated, "New Year's - Eve Party, $25 per person, including, Mezza/appetizers, Champagne Toast at midnight and Jive entertainment" Some 200 hundred concerned citizens turned out last Area pols and community activists are united in opposition to an entertainment license being issued to the Cl~b Thursday night at the Jackson Mann School for an adminis- Cazablanca.
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