Neighbours of an Italian-themed café in north-west Leeds have said they fear the area turning into a “Magaluf strip”, if it’s allowed to stay open late. 2 Sardi, on Harrogate Road in Rawdon, has asked Leeds City Council for permission to sell alcohol until 10pm.
It currently closes at 5.30pm, half-an-hour after alcohol sales cease. The café’s owner told a hearing on Tuesday that he didn’t intend to open late every night if the extension was granted, but would do so on an ad-hoc basis in response to popular demand.
But neighbours living around the venue fear being disturbed and are worried about the prospect of other local businesses staying open late themselves, in response to any extension being granted. One objector, John Chadwick, told the hearing: “When we bought our property, we knew the café would be open until 5pm. If it had been different we wouldn’t have gone ahead with it.
