It takes two hands to hold a Whopper, but only one to hold a beer.
A Burger King at 106 Liberty St. is planning to sell beer alongside its fast food fare. First it had to petition the Financial District Committee for a beer license.
The application process started with a topic other than alcohol at the Wed., Sept. 3 meeting: trash.
“I have complained numerous times about the garbage,” said committee member Pat Moore, whose building faces Liberty. “The garage is disgusting— its on the ground, its leaking, its running.”
Moore said she has called the Dept. of Sanitation several times about the problem.
“One thing shouldn’t have to do with the other,” she said. “But I don’t need to have now on top of that, people beer drinking outside and hanging out.”
At the meeting, one of the owners of the Burger King franchise, Rob Powell, said he was not aware of this and would try to resolve it. He also suggested that perhaps the rubbish should be attributed to another establishment on the street.
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