Remember when it was announced that the South Street Seaport Water Taxi Beach was going to ditch the sand and reemerge as a German beer garden? Might not want to hold your breath. DNAinfo reports that Telly Hatzigeorgiou, who would be operating the "Pier Garten," has withdrawn his liquor license application for the Pier 17 space, "saying Community Board 1 had placed so many restrictions on him that he would not be able to operate the venue profitably."
What kind of restrictions? The board wanted the outdoor space to close nightly at 3 a.m. and stop playing music at midnight on weeknights and 1 a.m. on weekends. The restricted hours, and especially the music restrictions, "would make it difficult" for the space to "hold private events like weddings and corporate parties," according to Hatzigeorgiou.
Who exactly the neighbors by the South Street Seaport who are worried about noise are, we have no idea.
Anyway, all hope is not lost. CB1 still wants to work something out (something is, after all, better than nothing) and Hatzigeorgiou hasn't made any final decisions yet. "I'm not sure what we're doing at this point," he said. So, if you were waiting to get blitzed on German fare and beer by the water, you're going to have to wait awhile longer.
