Booze Ban: Drama in the N.B.

Eater SF dispatched its operatives to yesterday's Planning Commission meeting. In a shocking about face, North Beach gave the hand to Vino Divinio, a hopeful wine bar whose Conditional Use permit was denied by the nabes on the grounds that A) North Beach already has too many bars and restos, B) the space is zoned for retail use, and even though the North Beach nabes tend to scoff at tends to frown on such silliness, they still want to preserve the building as such. You know, just in case. and C) Such an establishment would obviously require a liquor license, and we know how Peskin likes to hoard his sauce. [Eater SF]