However don’t fret concerning the Turkish steak man: Slightly than getting penalized, it appears to be like like he’ll get the possibility to unload his priceless liquor license, even when not at fairly the stratospheric quantity he as soon as hoped to get as a result of the marketplace for Boston liquor licenses is not accelerating prefer it as soon as was.
Neither sub-Bae Eren Deniz nor Bae legal professional Dennis Quilty had been in a position to inform the Boston Licensing Board this morning precisely why the Nusret Steakhouse, 100 Arlington St. in Park Sq., utilized to resume its liquor license in December, regardless that it had closed its doorways in August, 2023, and misplaced its lease on the area in April, 2024.
Metropolis laws say license holders are usually not supposed to simply sit on licenses – and may solely renew them if they’ve an precise area wherein to function.
“I do not know really what they put within the renewal [application],” Deniz mentioned at a listening to the board referred to as this morning to debate the difficulty of the use, or non-use, of its liquor license in an area it not occupied, regardless of having had someone in his operation file an software with a field checked off that the restaurant had a selected bodily area wherein to serve liquor.
Quilty instructed that whoever filed the renewal software – which the board workers instantly flagged so it couldn’t really be used – did so as a result of the Bae, often known as Nusret Gökçe, had reached a deal to promote the license and was on the level the place the state Alcoholic Drinks Management Fee was reviewing the potential license switch. However then the deal fell aside on the final minute, he mentioned.
Quilty instructed the board that simply yesterday, nevertheless, he had a substantive cellphone name from a possible purchaser, whom he declined to establish besides to say it was an out-of-town concern with a number of hundred thousand {dollars} to drop on a license to open a restaurant in Boston. And he mentioned there are different potential patrons, in order that even when the primary purchaser backs off, the license needs to be bought off quickly.
“I’ve heard rumors it is unimaginable to comply with a value with this licensee,” board Chairwoman Kathleen Joyce mentioned. Quilty, nevertheless, assured her that the Bae and his under-Baes have come to appreciate that their predominant remaining Boston asset – the liquor license – is not going to understand in worth like it could have only a 12 months in the past.
“Costs appeared to have stabilized a little bit bit, if not headed within the downward route,” Quilty mentioned.
Nusret opened in September, 2020, and instantly bumped into issues with metropolis inspectors, partially due to violations of social-distancing laws in place on the time resulting from Covid-19, which led to town shutting the place down for a number of days after only a week in enterprise.
