It’s as much as the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control whether or not Onye Planet Entertainment will get the liquor license they need for the Castro Theater, however the SF Board of Supervisors advisable they achieve this, and we obtained a have a look at their software.
You could have had a cocktail or 5 at a film screening or reside occasion on the Castro Theater. But the Castro Theater did not have a liquor license, and that cocktail would come from some bar, a folding desk operation run by a caterer or drink service, as a one-time job for that occasion.
But now that Onether Planet Entertainment (APE) has taken over the Castro Theater and quickly closed it for renovations, they’re beginning to work on getting a everlasting liquor license for the place. APE gained zoning approval for the second flooring house final October, however their liquor license software is pending earlier than the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
On Tuesday afternoon, the SF Board of Supervisors authorized a suggestion supporting the granting of that liquor license. But additionally they authorized a number of restrictions on that pending license.
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Above we see APE’s pending liquor license purposes for Castro, each submitted on March 14, 2024. And they’re truly two liquor license purposes; one in every of a Type 90 commonplace music venue liquor license, one other Type 68 Portable Bar license. This would permit the Castro Theater to serve “beer, wine, and distilled spirits,” although it will permit minors on the premises whereas alcohol is being bought. Also, the kind 68 license will permit them to function “cellular bars” in a residential space.
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And apparently, launched applications and liquor license laws point out that APE intends to take away the decrease concession space when the Castro Theater reopens, shifting the concession up totally.
But the board requires sure situations within the license. This requires that APE and the Castro Theater “shall diligently monitor the realm underneath their jurisdiction in an effort to stop the loitering of individuals in any space adjoining to the licensed constructing,” and “shall be chargeable for holding the adjoining space freed from litter.” in a spot over which they’ve authority.”
The board additionally advisable approving the Mission County nonprofit theater’s pending liquor licenses Laband a beer and wine license for a brand new “grazing board” and charcuterie catering enterprise Site SF.
The Castro Theater is presently slated to reopen in the summertime of 2025.
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Photo: Castro Theater through Facebook