Remember the news that Mozza in Newport Beach might have their liquor license taken away? Much ado about nothing.
Last week, the Newport Beach Planning Commission was unanimous in its vote to let Pizzeria Mozza to keep its alcohol permit. Even Robert Hawkins, the city commissioner who appealed the original decision to issue the permit, ultimately voted to let Mozza keep it.
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The Daily Pilot
reported that Hawkins made made his original decision as a statement for
democracy, arguing that businesses that apply to serve alcohol should be
subject to a public hearing if the establishment is adjacent to
homes. As the process stands, The Daily Pilot writes, such decisions can be made by a city staff
member.
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Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.