The following is from Paul Howes:
It
has just come to our attention that there is a meeting at 7pm, Dec.9,
2014 at the Canton Eatery, 339 Meridian Street, East Boston. It says
"Abutter Meeting".
This
is outrageous that even a consideration of extended hours at this
business is considered. Since this business has opened we have lost
count of the violations cited by the Boston Licensing Board, Boston
Police Department, MBTA Transit Police and the Boston Board of Health
Inspectional Services. The owner of the Canton Eatery has been closed
down by the Licensing Commission for multiple violations. He has been
cited multiple times by the EBPD for noise, parking and problems with
late night fights of patrons coming to this establishment after the bars
close at 2am. At a hearing at the Licensing Board to cut back the hours
of the Canton because of the multiple violations, his representing
lawyer stated that he has installed registers that would not accept
orders after 1:30am (which is on record) and this never happened. Again
there are no women's or men's toilets in the Canton Eatery and there are
reports to the EBPD and Licensing Board of patrons using the alleyway
next to the Canton to urinate. This will obviously become even a bigger
health and safety problem for our families living next to this business
in a residential area. The hundreds of complaints and citations written
to the Canton Eatery for dangerous double parking, blocking the bike
lane used by our children, causing the MBTA buses to pull around into
oncoming traffic and causing constant vehicle horn honking and people
screaming. The owner has completely ignored the citations and warnings
from the EBPD and MBTA Transit Police and Boston Licensing Board.
Extending hours is only going to make these problems worse! Review
the EBPD reports, the Boston Licensing Board citations and
complaints, Boston Parking violations and complaints, MBTA Transit
Police violations and complaints and the multiple health
code violations. The owner of the Canton Eatery has been a chronic
violator of the licensing, parking, trash and health laws since opening.
Not to mention that on a daily, nightly basis the front of the Canton
Eatery, on the public sidewalk if full of bagged trash bags, empty boxes
and pails. Up to 30 bags at a time. Polite letters were sent to the
owner of the Canton Eatery requesting the trash be put out after 2am
closing so our families, children (a school bus stop right next to the
trash) do not have to live in these conditions of large amounts of trash
on our public sidewalk. He did not respond and ignored these requests
showing again he has no respect of the families and residents of
Meridian Street in East Boston.
THE
RESIDENTS OF MERIDIAN STREET, EAST BOSTON STRONGLY OPPOSE ANY EXTENTION
OF HOURS FOR THE CANTON EATERY AND AFTER YOUR CLOSE EXAMINATION OF ALL
THE VIOLATIONS YOU WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. Leave the politics out of this and do the correct judgment for our families safety and quality of living here in East Boston.
Friends of Meridian Street
