The Boston Licensing Board right now gave El Jefe’s Taqueria permission to open a brand new location within the large Whoop complicated in Kenmore Sq. – with a closing time of two a.m., 11:30 p.m. for an outside patio.
El Jefe’s proprietor John Schall had requested for a 3 a.m. closing time, like at his retailers down Comm. Ave. close to Agganis Enviornment, on Huntington Avenue within the Fenway and in Harvard Sq..
Board Chairwoman Kathleen Joyce right now acknowledged that Schall has been “a very good operator within the metropolis,” who has managed to maintain two taco locations open till 3 a.m. with no issues. However the board considers every location individually and “there may be plenty of help for an earlier closing” in Kenmore Sq.. At a listening to yesterday, help for a 3 a.m. closing was balanced by opposition from, amongst others, Boston College’s police chief, Metropolis Councilor Sharon Durkan and the proprietor of Cornwall’s, who additionally leads a Kenmore residents group.
Nonetheless, Joyce added that if Schall can present “a very good observe document” in Kenmore Sq. with a 2 a.m. closing time, she could be keen to contemplate a 3 a.m. closing time ultimately.
In 2022, the board prolonged the closing time of his outlet at Tremont and Boylston streets, in Emerson’s Little Constructing from midnight to 2 a.m. – two years after a resident group there and that space’s metropolis councilor, Ed Flynn, expressed deep concern concerning the impression on Emerson freshman of the siren name of early morning tacos.
