New Indian restaurant underneath apartment block allowed to sell booze until 2am

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A new Indian restaurant in the city centre is now allowed to offer alcoholic beverages to its customers. Sthan, which offers authentic Indian cuisine, drew concern from one resident who thought the bid for late night alcohol sales could produce unwanted levels of noise and smell to its upstairs neighbours.

The restaurant, situated in a basement off Princess Street, originally applied for a licence to sell booze until 11.30pm on weekdays and 2am on weekends - with the option to be open until 4am on the Sundays of bank holidays and New Year’s Eve.

But Dr Thomas Williams, a resident living in one of the apartments above, believed this could lead to disorderly behaviour, a heightened risk of violence for residents coming in or out of the building, smoking from customers and increased litter. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Manchester City Council’s licensing sub committee heard how one of directors present at the meeting in the town hall, Pradip Nale, runs two other restaurants in Rusholme and Gatley which have been without incident.

His licensing agent, Tony Clarke, refuted the notion that this was anything other than a ‘family restaurant’ - rather than a nightclub or bar.