Downtown Milford Restaurant Will Now Be Able To Serve Alcohol

MILFORD, CT — Yessica Trujillo, who owns Los Cabos restaurant at 9-11 River Street, will soon be able to serve alcohol after the Planning and Zoning Board approved the request. It appears that an error in a previous drawing had incorrectly prevented the restaurant from selling alcohol.

Attorney Thomas Lynch, who represents the applicant, reviewed a restriction placed on Trujillo's restaurant’s ability to serve liquor due to the premises being less than 2,000 square-feet in the MCDD zone. He said customers have been requesting alcoholic drinks be served.

He said a recent inspection by the tax assessor’s office revealed that a previous drawing of the restaurant’s interior was incorrect, and its area is actually 2,066 square-feet thus qualifying for a liquor permit.

He asked that the restriction be lifted as well as a request to permit the playing of acoustic music
in a specific portion of the premises. Robert Satti asked how the size revision was determined; Attorney Lynch said the original drawings were not professionally rendered and a subsequent construction project resulted in more accurate measurements.

Satti further asked about musical entertainment; Attorney Lynch said no zoning regulation regulates music. Satti said he felt the performance area location was ambiguous on the submitted plan; Attorney Lynch confirmed that there is no outdoor area attached to the restaurant.

City Planner David Sulkis advised that the assessor’s measurement was accurate. Joe Castignoli asked if there would be a restaurant-type liquor permit; Attorney Lynch confirmed this, noting that there would be a service area to prepare beverages, but no bar.

Brett Broesder asked for a clarification about the DJ request; Attorney Lynch conferred with his client and removed the request with her agreement. Sulkis suggested a condition on any approval granted limiting entertainment to acoustic music, without amplification or use of a DJ.

The PZB voted to allow for the purpose of application for a liquor permit and for the purpose of musical entertainment consisting of acoustic music. The application was unanimously approved.