Fears a Mexican restaurant could turn into a late night bar, disturbing residents into the early hours were voiced at a crunch meeting today.
Wirral Council’s Licensing Panel met to discuss Jonty Trott’s plan to open the restaurant, called Tahona, at The Curve on Telegraph Road in Heswall, Wirral, which would serve food until around 10pm and continue to serve alcohol until 1.30am. Speaking at the meeting, Heswall councillor Andrew Hodson said residents were not against a restaurant, or perhaps a bar, opening, but they were worried about the prospect of a late bar or “staff drinking club”.
Cllr Hodson said the venue would be somewhere to go when other places closed and people would be attracted to it “like moths drawn to a light”. The Conservative councillor thought people would leave the nearby Wetherspoons, which is set to open in May and must close by 11.30pm, and make their way across to this late night drinking bar.
